A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.

Last summer, locals in villages close to a small forest were left terrified after a series of attacks by “a strange animal" that "ate the intestines, liver, and lungs of dogs”. This ferocious ...

It's very dusty, dry, and weird.' The creature has been compared ... And just like its notorious namesake, the animal is shrouded in mystery. Even its age is unknown at this point, though it ...

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.