You already know the platypus is strange. It's the animal that lays eggs, has a duck bill, shoots venom from its ankles, and ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Animals display truly bizarre habits in the wild. Octopuses punch fish, goats climb trees for food, and wombats produce ...

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 ...

One of the really cool things about fooling around with trail cameras is the anticipation. You never know what might show up in front of a viewfinder from one day to the next. Just ask Haelee Modisett ...