The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

Some animals living on Earth appear so unusual that they are often compared to aliens. Their shapes, movements, and behaviors challenge common ideas of what life should look like. Scientists explain ...

When most people think of massive snakes, the first one that comes to mind is the anaconda. Anacondas might be the largest ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...