Alligator wrangler Mike Dragich, best known for his social media presence, worked with local Florida organizations to remove ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

Autotomy refers to an animal’s ability to shed or remove a body part as a defense mechanism. This act of self-amputation is most commonly triggered by stressful situations where an animal is either ...

Fossils of Tiktaalik roseae blended fins with hints of limbs and sported a flat head suited for peering above the waterline.

Days after diver was mauled to death, visitors again seeking contact with the predators, with little enforcement to be found ...

A new species of gudgeon was discovered in the Ural River of western Russia. Turbanov IS, Bolotovskiy AA, Artaev ON, Gandlin ...

On a wave-battered rock in the northern Pacific Ocean, a fish called the sculpin grips the surface firmly to maintain ...

Scientists on an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have recorded horrifying videos of parasitic copepods feasting on the head of a deep sea rattail fish.

The healing powers of the primitive not only act as a defence mechanism, they also help them stay alive and ahead when it ...

Invasive fish species is known for breathing on land, 'walking' to new water. It harms nature in Mississippi; kill it on sight. Here's what to know ...

Earth was once ruled by giant reptiles. Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of tyrant lizards, crushed bones. Spinosaurus hunted in ...

Through the dry season between December and May, she excavates a "gator pond" with her snout, claws and tail, a depression ..