It’s commonly recognized that birds rank among the closest direct descendants of dinosaurs, but many people wonder if they ...

Researchers caught a close-up video of a flying sea pig (aka, a sea cucumber), and it has what looks like 50 tiny hands.

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Snakes, a mysterious group of cold-blooded reptiles, are renowned for their unique features that make them some of the most ...

A circulatory system that beats gravity. Spots that dissipate heat. This giant is purpose-built for its size and surroundings. This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic ...

Within the past decade, biologists have developed new high-tech ways of using animals’ unique features to differentiate between individuals with minimal physical interference. Researchers are ...

Discover here 10 animals with W and learn about their incredible characteristics ... Each one plays a unique role in its ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This creature was crowned the world's ugliest animal in 2013, a title it still defends today. On land, he's got a body like Jell-O and a big old ...

Inside, more than a dozen massive dioramas depict nature scenes with the museum's large collection of taxidermy animals. Photographer Ton Schless has lived in several different countries and ...

Jb Minter, DVM, MS, DACZM, discusses the unique physical characteristics of amphibians that impact their response to anesthesia and analgesia ...