The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

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

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

Principal investigator Haojing Yan, for a small team of astronomers at the University of Missouri, compared the discovery to ...

Animal videos can be addictive. Who doesn’t stop scrolling when a tiny fox peeks out of the snow or a raccoon sneaks around a backyard? Even a polar bear waddling on ice can make anyone smile. They ...

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

The natural world is full of animals that seem to defy logic, blurring the line between reality and imagination. Some look ...

With many Aussies making new year’s resolutions, Australian Lamb has made its 2026 mission to put Australia back in the Top 10 Happiest Countries List in its hotly anticipated annual ad.

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

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 ...

The sighting was reported to the authorities, but the animal had slithered away before it could be safely removed from the park. Residents were concerned about the danger the snake could have posed to ...