From explosive sea cucumbers to beetles that spray boiling toxic fluid from their bums, the world of wildlife is full of ...

Noses are usually something we take for granted. Breathing, smelling, maybe a sniff of a flower, that’s about it for most ...

Across the animal kingdom, a surprising number of species defy the simple warm-blooded or cold-blooded labels found in textbooks. From leatherback sea turtles that can keep their deep body temperature ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Platypuses are monotremes, one of the oldest branches of mammals, and they reproduce by laying eggs instead of giving birth to ...

Humans may enjoy some strange foods from time to time, but you'll be shocked at the bizarre diets of these 6 animals! Join ...

Humans rely on sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell to explain the environment around us. But that may not seem impressive ...

The video above takes viewers beneath the waters off Bali, Indonesia, where a truly unusual marine animal glides across the ...

Here, ‘weirdness’ abounds. The platypus, for example, seemingly has the beak of a duck, the body of an otter, and the tail of a beaver. It lays leathery eggs like a reptile, yet feeds milk to its ...

Even with only jaws, Tanyka amnicola adds a new character to an ancient ecosystem that scientists are still trying to sketch in. Its twisted, rasping bite suggests early plant-eating tetrapods were ...

Across the United Kingdom, animals are displaying strange behaviors as another heat wave rolls in. Birds have been fluttering their throats and squirrels are "splooting" on the ground, but ...