Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a ...

The video above takes viewers beneath the waters off Bali, Indonesia, where a truly unusual marine animal glides across the seafloor. At first glance, it looks almost unreal — soft, translucent, and ...

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

This video explores one of the most unusual animals found in a modern zoo setting. At first glance the species appears almost unfamiliar, with body structures and behaviors that differ from more ...

Noses are usually something we take for granted. Breathing, smelling, maybe a sniff of a flower, that’s about it for most humans. But in the animal world, a nose can be a lot more than that. Some ...

Animal control is used to dealing with stray cats and dogs. But what happens when there’s a peacock strutting down the alley? A coyote walked into a Quizno’s in downtown Chicago on a spring day in ...

Some creatures with the most unique eyes in the world When we think about how animals experience the world, one of the first things that comes to mind is their eyes. And for good reason– nature has ...