Fish, flies and bears, oh my! A new research breakthrough gives genetic proof of how differences in (very different) animals develop. An international team of biologists has identified the molecular ...

Strange fossils, including some that could be predecessors to modern animals, found in China shed new light on the evolution of large, complex organisms, and indicate that they may have diversified ...

A handful of strange mushroom-shaped animals discovered in the deep sea off Australia in the 1980s have finally been named by scientists. The organisms are so unique that they may rearrange the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An enigmatic creature that lived half a billion years ago is as "strange as life on another ...

Animal magic: Asteroids and meteoroids may only be classified in terms of a fixed range of animal sizes, but giraffes are excluded. (Courtesy: iStock/naeblys) A new system for classifying the sizes of ...