From explosive sea cucumbers to beetles that spray boiling toxic fluid from their bums, the world of wildlife is full of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nature doesn’t always play by the rules. For every majestic lion or elegant eagle, there’s a creature so bizarre it looks like a science experiment gone rogue. Some animals are evolutionary oddities, ...

Not all rodents are rats eating out of rubbish bins – these fascinating creatures from around the world show there's a lot ...

Forget fluffy puppies and purring kittens; some people have a fondness for the truly peculiar when it comes to their animal companions. We’re talking about creatures that'll make you raise an eyebrow ...

Noses are usually something we take for granted. Breathing, smelling, maybe a sniff of a flower, that’s about it for most ...

Seaweed, a 6-year-old Cocker Spaniel and Shepherd rescue, owned by Peter Cavanaugh of Ulster Park, took first place with 36 votes in the 2026 Freeman Pet Contest Weirdest Pet category. Seaweed is a ...

Along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico, beachgoers mistake sea whip coral for discarded junk The marsupial’s unique digestive tract forms square dung In one reef, three million sea cucumbers released ...

Some of the world’s wildest animals come with names so bizarre, they sound completely made up, but every one of them is real.

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 ...

Two of those eyes may have evolved into a part of the brain called the pineal gland Findings from the largest-ever survey of endangered flat-headed cats may help change the species’ official ...