Across the animal kingdom, a surprising number of species defy the simple warm-blooded or cold-blooded labels found in textbooks. From leatherback sea turtles that can keep their deep body temperature ...

Emina Poison is an artist from Georgia who makes unusually-looking designer toys using various materials such as wool, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Platypuses are monotremes, one of the oldest branches of mammals, and they reproduce by laying eggs instead of giving birth to ...

You already know the platypus is strange. It's the animal that lays eggs, has a duck bill, shoots venom from its ankles, and glows under blacklight for reasons no one can explain. In fact, when ...

From explosive sea cucumbers to beetles that spray boiling toxic fluid from their bums, the world of wildlife is full of ...

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth.

Some animals have claws, some have antlers and some razor-sharp teeth. But a few weapons are decidedly weirder than ...

An unusual moment from the everyday life of a cat owner provided plenty of entertainment online. It shows her orange cat, who ...