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 ...

Of all the animals ever to have roamed the planet, the iconic long-necked, long-tailed dinosaurs known as sauropods stand unrivaled. No other terrestrial creatures have come close to attaining their ...

On a wall at Trader Joe’s are numerous drawings of shelter animals, each with their own biography, each an attempt to help those animals find homes. They are the result of Kids, Cats and K9s, a ...

Animals, especially those on land, can't grow indefinitely. The reason has to do with the square-cube law. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- A summer camp hosted by the Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation is providing a group of kids with a week long of fun activities, as well as several educational ...

Sitting calmly in their webs, many spiders wait for prey to come to them. Arachnids along lakes and rivers eat aquatic insects, such as dragonflies. But, when these insects live in ...

Scientists have discovered a sweet spot in animals that explains why fast moving animals like the cheetah can reach such high speeds. Animals that can run fast, such as the cheetah, tend to be medium ...

Even the largest modern animals, like elephants and giraffes, pale in comparison to some of the gigantic prehistoric creatures that once roamed the Earth. In this video, we explore the longest, ...

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 ancestor. The ...