Last but not least, Opabinia is, by far, one of the weirdest extinct animals to ever live on our planet. It actually looked like something from another planet, as it had five eyes and a long ...

We like big bugs and we cannot lie. So when our friend Doug Rhodehamel wondered, “What’s the largest insect that ever lived?” Weird Animal Question of the Week went hunting for giants ...

Researchers have uncovered the fossil of an early mammal named the "crazy beast" that lived 66 million years ago alongside dinosaurs and giant crocodiles on Madagascar, and it's unlike any ...

which is useful in aquatic animals because they reduce buoyancy, so it’s easier for the creatures to dive underwater to forage for food. By contrast, echidnas, which live solely on land ...

2023 was one for the books, from the first ever House speaker ousting to Taylor Swift breaking records on all fronts. Animals had their fair share of spotlight in the news, too, ranging from ...

Hellbenders, jaguars, Komodo dragon relatives—you don't have to travel far to find some weird ... lived in fear of the lion in their native lands. The National Parks Service is monitoring the ...

But if you ever get face-to ... who has trapped the animals for research studies in various parts of Alabama. Impressive is one way of putting it. The turtles can live to be more than 100 years ...