In a Queensland river where natural gas seeps up through the water, many living creatures have come to depend on it for their ...

We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in ...

Fossils of Tiktaalik roseae blended fins with hints of limbs and sported a flat head suited for peering above the waterline.

Knife-toothed reptiles called sebecids went extinct on the mainland 10 million years ago. New fossil evidence puts them on an island 4 million years ago.

A small bone found 30 years ago at Dinosaur Cove could revolutionize our understanding of echidnas and platypuses' evolution.

Every culture has stories of beasts and monsters, many of them passed down for centuries. But monsters aren't real – right? Sorta. Many mythical monsters may have been based on real creatures with ...

A photographer spotted an incredibly rare “albino” orca leaping out of the ocean along with its pod. A video of the ...

The Wendigo of Native American lore, the Sphinx of ancient Egypt, the Kraken said to terrorize the ocean — discover these and ...

The Trump administration's proposal to change the definition of the word “harm” in the Endangered Species Act could bring ...

A mysterious creature has been branded a "chupacabra ... She continued: "On Saturday night at about 8.30pm, I had just set out water and food for some stray cats that hang around, and I opened ...

This year’s theme delves into the world of Chinese folklore, Featuring glowing mythical creatures that move, speak and even breathe smoke. “This is a way to see the zoo in a completely new ...

and boating has been stopped here indefinitely because of one small water creature, posing a very big concern. “This is a preventative measure in regards to the new invasive species, the golden ...