In its adult form, the animal is larger than the giant squid or any other invertebrate on Earth, and can grow 6-7 metres long ...

Scientists have uncovered the genetic underpinnings of one of the ocean's most bizarre animals: a branching marine worm named ...

Think birds can’t have spikes? Think again. Explore the world of spiky animals, from crowned cranes to hedgehogs and venomous ...

New fossil tracks found in Australia may rewrite everything we thought we knew about animals’ move from sea to land.

After a brief rain 350 million years ago, a reptile pressed its claws into the ground. Its tracks now show the oldest-known ...

Paleontologists have identified Mosura fentoni, a three-eyed predator from the Cambrian Period, based on over 60 fossils ...

Scientists have uncovered the genetic underpinnings of one of the ocean's most bizzare animals: a branching marine worm named Ramisyllis kingghidorahi ...

Most of us know there's more than one version of English. What English people call a tap, Americans call a faucet; New ...

Hawaii conservation groups are voicing their opposition to plans by the U.S. Space Force to conduct cargo rocket testing at Johnston Atoll, a national wildlife refuge in the Pacific.

When under threat by, say, a crab, some sea cucumber species shoot out their guts—their intestines and respiratory tracts, ...

State wildlife agencies have a big job. While the federal government protects animals listed under the Endangered Species Act ...

Geologists working on surveying land in Mississippi stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator considered a "sea dragon" of the time.