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

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From dodos to dugongs, mythical birds to magical horses, these 15 weirdest national animals from around the world truly let their freak flag fly.

After years of analysis, the animal turned out to be an entirely new species — one that lived millions of years longer than ...

Some creatures can dramatically alter their internal temperature — a strategy called heterothermy — and outlast storms, ...

Known as Tanyka amnicola, this lake-dweller with twisted jaws and teeth pointed outward lived in Gondwana 275 million years ...

Paleontologists surveying a dry riverbed in northeastern Brazil repeatedly encountered the same type of fossil: a lower jaw about six inches long, curved and thick, and twisted in an unexpected way. A ...

By drawing water into an internal, muscular cavity and forcefully expelling it through a flexible, narrow tube, known as a siphon, cephalopods are able to create forward thrust, propelling themselves ...

From glossy black bears and quill-covered porcupines to elegant red-tailed hawks and stripy chipmunks, Oregon is home to some ...