The Sumatran tiger is the rarest tiger species in the world and is critically endangered in the wild. Native to the islands ...

The saola is a real and documented animal, but it remains a mystery to most experts and researchers. A forest-dwelling bovid ...

Every year, gray whales embark on one of nature’s most epic migration journeys. Here’s what we know about it, according to ...

Imagine an animal that seems to be assembled from various other creatures: it has large eyes, the round body of a rabbit, a rodent’s pointed snout, tiny pig-like hooves, and even fangs like those of a ...

A new species of shrew, Soriculus dexingensis, is discovered in Tibet, raising the number of known shrew species there to six.

A sloth scientist, her tree-climbing BFF, and their dog work to save Costa Rica’s sloth populations. A sloth scientist, her tree-climbing BFF, and their dog work to save Costa Rica’s sloth populations ...

An artist’s impression depicts Kryoryctes at Dinosaur Cove in Australia. New research supports the hypothesis that Kryoryctes is a common ancestor of both the platypus and echidna. - Peter Schouten ...

Some animals stop you mid-scroll because their appearance feels almost unreal. Their shapes, colors, and features are not ...

This academic has theorized about what would happen if humans became extinct and reveals who our successor would be.

Five new animal species that camouflage themselves as excrement or bark reveal some of what still remains hidden in the world's forests.

(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 ...