Discover more about the egg-laying monotremes of Oceania and the ancient traits they still carry.

To make things even stranger, grown males have a secret weapon on their back legs: a sharp spur that delivers venom powerful ...

Platypuses are so weird scientists sliced them open because they thought they were fake. But why? Male platypus have ven ...

A sudden splash pierces the silent ocean depths. Divers' lights pierce the murk, revealing a coelacanth—its lobed fins ...

NASA has postponed the first planned spacewalk of 2026 after a medical concern involving a crew member aboard the ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --An Australian angler spotted what he initially thought to be a massive trout and ended up capturing video of something even stranger: a pink platypus. Victoria resident Cody Stylianou ...

Bee stings aren't fun. For those who are allergic, they can be deadly. But... can bee venom make you beautiful? Some online insist it can, touting products containing derivatives of bee venom.

What makes this discovery so remarkable, is that this species was considered extinct in South Australia. The closest known ...

You can see all types of animals — amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, marine creatures, and many more. Inversely, some ...

Poinsettias are mildly toxic to cats and dogs, causing skin irritation from the plant's sap or stomach upset if ingested. Claims that poinsettias can cause serious health problems or death greatly ...

Dogs are scavengers by nature; they will eat just about anything. And they have no instincts that keep them from eating plants that are poisonous. While we all appreciate having a diversity of plants ...

There’s a long-standing rumor about the red-and-green flowers traditionally associated with Christmas being deadly if eaten. Janna Day, a nurse and the education and outreach manager at the Iowa ...