On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out: Its big brown eyes were moving.

The combination of a beaver-like body and duck-like bill of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is only the first of a ...

Explore the darkest corners of the abyss with 18 terrifying creatures found at the bottom of the ocean. These are Earth's ...

A new species, Tanyka amnicola, had one of the strangest jaws ever found. Discover how the living fossil changes what we know ...

Deep beneath the waters surrounding several Caribbean islands, scientists exploring the ocean floor have uncovered a previously unknown mountain range bursting with life — including never-before-seen ...

Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.

Even with only jaws, Tanyka amnicola adds a new character to an ancient ecosystem that scientists are still trying to sketch ...

Scientists studying stranded pygmy sperm whales have uncovered three previously unknown genotypes of Helicobacter bacteria ...

Here are six species that have some of the strangest and most specialised noses on Earth, turning their faces into remarkable examples of evolution at work. The star-nosed mole has one of the most ...

From bone-eating snot-flowers to snowboarding scale worms, when a whale dies it becomes a colossal island of nutrients – attracting weird and wonderful creatures to feast.

Those bizarre sea creatures that light up like carnival rides are actually ctenophores, which have an ancient brainlike structure.

An unknown substance was reportedly found in Britney Spears’ vehicle when the pop star was arrested for a DUI Wednesday night in California. The substance is being tested and “will be part of the ...