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Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a ...

From bone-eating snot-flowers to snowboarding scale worms, when a whale dies it becomes a colossal island of nutrients – attracting weird and wonderful creatures to feast.

A mysterious rock painting in South Africa’s cave could be the first-ever artwork of an animal that disappeared 250 million ...

Those bizarre sea creatures that light up like carnival rides are actually ctenophores, which have an ancient brainlike structure.

A disturbing discovery off an island in the country’s south has left locals baffled, with a series of photos revealing dozens of dead animals mysteriously floating in the sea.

A strange sea creature washed ashore at Wollongong on Friday. Do you know what it is? Source: Andrew Murray Move over, sharks — another startling kind of sea creature has been spotted at a popular ...

Researchers exploring Uganda’s Kibale National Park have discovered seven new species of frog-like leafhoppers. The tiny ...

Two rarely-seen deep-sea creatures recently washed up on a beach in Mexico and according to legend, it's not a good sign.

Scientists exploring the ocean floor have uncovered a previously unknown mountain range bursting with life — including never-before-seen creatures.