Our guide to one of our closest relatives – the gorilla, including the difference between the two species, why they're ...

For 25 years this waterway was polluted with toxic "forever chemicals". It was only disconnected from a major drinking supply ...

They race, they spin, they shoot. Meet the organisms for which physical prowess is more than sport—it’s a matter of life and death ...

Researchers in Australia found an endangered species of lamprey far outside its usual range and hope this could help them better understand how to protect it.

A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

Tragically, Australia is the world leader in mammal extinctions. Sadly, introduced predators carry much of the blame.feral ...

The animal kingdom is incredible. Just when you thought you knew all about them, you discover more fascinating facts. Did you ...

The beautifully animated, crowdsourced movie Imagine introduces a wealth of Indigenous knowledge to audiences in the funniest ...

The duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) stands as one of nature’s most fascinating anomalies. When European naturalists first encountered this strange creature in the late 18th century, ...

For the first time ever, a duck-billed platypus was born in captivity. The baby platypus was born to a pair named Jack & Jill in the Healesville animal sanctuary near Melbourne, Australia. Its birth ...

A federal judge in California ruled Monday that the federal government is allowed to share basic information about Medicaid participants with Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid a government push ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --An Australian angler spotted what he initially thought to be a massive trout and ended up capturing video of something even stranger: a pink platypus. Victoria resident Cody Stylianou ...