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

Noses are usually something we take for granted. Breathing, smelling, maybe a sniff of a flower, that’s about it for most ...

Nature doesn’t always play by the rules. For every majestic lion or elegant eagle, there’s a creature so bizarre it looks like a science experiment gone rogue. Some animals are evolutionary oddities, ...

Picture this: you’re a scientist digging near the Amazon rainforest, and you pull a jawbone out of the ground that looks so ...

A recent Russian strike that hit a building next to a historic church in Lviv, Ukraine, was seeking to 'destroy European ...

Most countries pick something sensible for their national animal — the U.S. has the bald eagle Canada has the beaver and Australia has the kangaroo However, some countries looked at that playbook and ...

The video above takes viewers beneath the waters off Bali, Indonesia, where a truly unusual marine animal glides across the ...

Even with only jaws, Tanyka amnicola adds a new character to an ancient ecosystem that scientists are still trying to sketch ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most people picture blood as red: bright and oxygen-rich ...