Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a ...

Picture this: you’re a scientist digging near the Amazon rainforest, and you pull a jawbone out of the ground that looks so ...

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 ...

Forget fluffy puppies and purring kittens; some people have a fondness for the truly peculiar when it comes to their animal companions. We’re talking about creatures that’ll make you raise an eyebrow ...

Animals display truly bizarre habits in the wild. Octopuses punch fish, goats climb trees for food, and wombats produce ...

Even with only jaws, Tanyka amnicola adds a new character to an ancient ecosystem that scientists are still trying to sketch ...

Here are six species that have some of the strangest and most specialised noses on Earth, turning their faces into remarkable examples of evolution at work. The star-nosed mole has one of the most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most people picture blood as red: bright and oxygen-rich ...

Noses are usually something we take for granted. Breathing, smelling, maybe a sniff of a flower, that’s about it for most humans. But in the animal world, a nose can be a lot more than that. Some ...

From glossy black bears and quill-covered porcupines to elegant red-tailed hawks and stripy chipmunks, Oregon is home to some ...