Marine researchers in Australia have found what might be the most toxic species of microalgae ever studied.

This video runs through a long list of genuinely surprising animal facts, from birds not urinating to octopuses having three ...

Mammal bones, especially skulls, are used for identification, and to work out the evolutionary history of each species. The jaws of a house cat are more lion- than wolf-like, for example. The teeth of ...

The animal kingdom has a brilliant way of surprising us, often in ways that seem too strange to be true. From creatures with unbelievable abilities to behaviours that defy logic, nature is full of odd ...

Read on for some chilling curiosities from the creatures of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Mike Bock Warning: The following animal facts are extremely creepy and ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo is home to red-ruffed, black-and-white ruffed, ring-tailed and collared brown lemurs. Learn more about these charasmatic animals with a few of my favorite lemur facts.

Explosions are messy at the best of times, but when the thing exploding is an animal, or part of an animal, it rarely ends ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have ...

If you've ever known the love of an animal, you know the feeling. It's playing a game of fetch with your dog when you're happy or cuddling with your cat when you're sad. It's a wet nose nuzzling your ...