Of all the mammals in the world, humans by far have the strangest diets. As omnivores, we have the most variety of any other ...

Discover more about the egg-laying monotremes of Oceania and the ancient traits they still carry.

Monotremes are unique mammals that lay eggs, but their limited geographic ranges make them vulnerable. We explain why.

Most mammals produce their own vitamin C using an enzyme called GULO. Around 60 million years ago, humans lost this ability, ...

The community is being asked to collect, euthanise and hand in the destructive pests as part of the annual Great Cane Toad ...

When we say that someone is a “fish out of water,” we sometimes mean to suggest that they are uncomfortable or out of their ...

Spiders produce antifreeze compounds in their bloodstream to protect them from the cold winter. Find out more about how these ...

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

Three species of sea turtles are regularly observed in the Red Sea, which is an inlet of the Indian Ocean: hawksbills, greens ...

Platypuses are so weird scientists sliced them open because they thought they were fake. But why? Male platypus have ven ...

Kate Beckinsale stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote Wildcat and somehow ended up explaining why her daughter’s boyfriend laid two eggs. Kate Beckinsale Claims Her Daughter’s Boyfriend “Laid Two E ...