From water fleas to seed shrimp, Australia’s desert rock holes shelter unique animals found nowhere else. But as the climate ...

Forget fluffy puppies and purring kittens; some people have a fondness for the truly peculiar when it comes to their animal ...

Coiled in self-defence, this armoured creature – the armadillo girdled lizard – turns its body into a formidable fortress to ...

The relationship between oxpeckers and the large mammals from which they pick ticks is a complex one. It was long thought to ...

A quick tour through some of the most unusual, surprising, and downright bizarre animals found in nature.

When Anakin Skywalker sealed the deal to become a Dark Lord of the Sith, he did it with the caveat that Emperor Palpatine would help him “save Padme’s life.” And to do this, Palpatine promised that he ...

LUJAN, Argentina (AP) — Lions, tigers and bears that managed to survive in substandard conditions at a now-shuttered zoo on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, paced weakly in their ...

"Now, here comes an object from outside the solar system, and it shows anomalies. The scientists would say we should be as careful as possible at talking about anything other than a rock," he said, ...

Euan is a councillor within the Biodiversity Council, a member of the Ecological Society of Australia and president of the Australian Mammal Society. Beyond ghoulish costumes and mountains of lollies, ...

A solar eclipse unsettles the natural world in ways you might not expect. As the moon crosses paths with the sun, the sudden drop in light and temperature confuses animals and throws their finely ...