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

Sometimes, just one look at a mischievous little furball is enough to brighten your day. Pets can make us laugh until we cry with their ridiculous antics, and the next minute, touch our hearts with ...

This video explores one of the most unusual animals found in a modern zoo setting. At first glance the species appears almost ...

For most animals, ears are necessary survival tools, allowing them to communicate with others and listen for predators. Chickens have small openings on the sides of their heads which are often covered ...

Imagine an animal that seems to be assembled from various other creatures: it has large eyes, the round body of a rabbit, a rodent’s pointed snout, tiny pig-like hooves, and even fangs like those of a ...

A shop sells nostalgic souvenirs, including a UK coat of arms, at the Portobello Road market in London. Jon Bower/Loop Images/Corbis Even though Scotland voted last week to remain a part of the United ...

Here are six species that have some of the strangest and most specialised noses on Earth, turning their faces into remarkable examples of evolution at work. The star-nosed mole has one of the most ...

By drawing water into an internal, muscular cavity and forcefully expelling it through a flexible, narrow tube, known as a siphon, cephalopods are able to create forward thrust, propelling themselves ...