Forget fluffy puppies and purring kittens; some people have a fondness for the truly peculiar when it comes to their animal ...

The animal kingdom has so many stranger-than-fiction animals. From a glowing green sea slug to a lizard with a toad's head, these weird animals are some of the most fascinating creatures in the animal ...

A newly identified fossil snake reveals clues about early advanced snake evolution. Its mixed traits highlight an ancient branch of the caenophidian family tree. More than forty years after it was ...

The nature documentary series uses new research and photorealistic CGI to bring the huge, bizarre animals of the Ice Age back ...

The platypus is one of the strangest animals on Earth, combining traits of mammals, birds, and reptiles. This video explores its insane biology and why scientists are still baffled by it.

(CNN) — The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ...

When paleontologists uncover fossils, they do their best to understand how prehistoric animals looked and survived. But their first impressions aren’t always accurate. With broken bones, incomplete ...

Survival in the wild isn’t just about strength or speed. Some animals rely on methods that are so unexpected that they seem almost unreal.