Wondering about the weirdest animals in the world? We've listed the Top 31 here — including the axolotl, aye-aye, blobfish, ...

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 ...

Earth is full of bizarre creatures, with more being discovered each year. As documented in the scientific journal Species Diversity in 2024, researchers recently discovered a highly unusual marine ...

Few have explored the ocean’s deepest depths – but those rare few have shared images of the strangest, most mysterious ...

The Earth is home to some amazing animals, and many of them are well-known. Everybody knows how quick cheetahs are, how big ...

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, ...

It is extremely difficult to explore the deepest depths of the earth’s oceans, and the brave few who do have discovered some ...

The deep sea is home to some of the weirdest creatures on Earth, from ghostly elder fish to carnivorous harp sponges. Sometimes, scientists discover more humble creatures that are so tiny that they go ...

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(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 ...