Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Platypuses are monotremes, one of the oldest branches of mammals, and they reproduce by laying eggs instead of giving birth to ...

Over billions of years, the drive to survive, reproduce, and outcompete rivals has pushed plants and animals to incredible extremes. From strange to unbelievable, every wild behavior has deep ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's impression depicts Kryoryctes at Dinosaur Cove in Australia. New research supports the hypothesis that Kryoryctes is a ...

What starts as a fun myth-busting challenge quickly becomes a deep dive into some of the internet’s strangest beliefs about animals. From “snakes are slimy” and “toads give you warts” to “goldfish ...

It’s perhaps unsurprising, then, that some scientists have been eager to explore whether a solar eclipse has much of an ...

Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a broad tail. But their appearance isn’t even the strangest thing about them. Not ...

(CNN) — The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ...