Nature can be intense. Predators hunt prey, animals migrate across continents, and survival is a daily challenge. But ...

The animal kingdom has so many stranger-than-fiction animals. From a glowing green sea slug to a lizard with a toad's head, these weird animals are some of the most fascinating creatures in the ...

The scientific name of this odd species also refers to its appearance: in Latin, Clavelina means "little bottle" while ossipandae comes from "os" meaning bones, and panda. Other sea squirts bear ...

By Lydia Smith published 28 September 24 Siphonophores are unusual animals made up of individual organisms called "zooids," which each have a distinct function — despite being genetically identical.

Eclipses can fool certain animals into thinking that it’s the evening, causing them to to revert to their nocturnal or crepuscular behaviors. For example, in 1932, researchers observed crickets ...

Strange colonial animals called pyrosomes are thriving in the north-east Pacific Ocean as it warms up, especially during marine heat waves. But according to a computer model, their success means ...