More than 500 million years ago, during what is known as the Cambrian period, the seas and oceans on Earth were filled with a ...

Motherhood in the animal kingdom is a mixed bag. Take pregnancy: a female alpine salamander may gestate its young for as long ...

A bizarre new giant dinosaur discovered in Argentina is giving paleontologists a fresh look at how Jurassic titans evolved in ...

Shark teeth are everywhere once people start noticing them. They turn up in fossil shops, washed along beaches, buried inside ...

Some animals pee on prospective mates, others pee into the air and some pee solid chunks of uric acid – there's some strange ...

Nature is full of surprises with animal abilities that seem impossible. From koalas with human-like fingerprints to ...

Scientists exploring deep underwater canyons off the coast of Western Australia uncovered a hidden world packed with bizarre ...

Crocodiles spend much of their lives suspended between stillness and sudden movement. A large adult can remain half-submerged ...

Researchers studying ancient rocks from the late Ediacaran period uncovered a fossil evidence that complex animal groups, ...

A strange "fossil worm" has been discovered in Siberia. It showed no signs of life until researchers thawed it out. Then, it ...

Tiny worm towers may rely on invasive beetles for transport, according to a study investigating hitchhiking nematodes in ...

With rodent teeth, bat-like ears and a woodpecker-inspired hunting strategy, this primate may just be one of evolution’s ...