Japan’s deepest ocean trenches are full of strange life, from record-setting fish to mysterious animals that still defy ...

The heaviest of them, the Indian rhino, can weigh up to 2,700kg and possesses an enormous horn. But despite their ...

The world's third-largest land mammal after the African and Asian elephants, the common hippo is no pushover. Reaching up to ...

A deep-ocean trench expedition discovered a unique, floating mystery organism that has left taxonomy experts 'baffled.' ...

Once a thriving sardine fishing island, today Aoshima is home to roughly 80 cats and just a handful of people who look after ...

More than 40% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with only 6% of non-traded mammals.

The Asiatic cheetah is the world’s most endangered big cat, with about 27 remaining in the wild in Iran. This male, named ...

People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of ...

CDFW completed a genomic study of nutria, an invasive South American rodent, linking their 2017 discovery in Merced County to ...

A recent video of a man saving a young great white shark from a fishing line has gone viral online. Read here about this ...

Along with Burmese pythons and green iguanas, there's another invasive animal that South Floridians need to keep an eye out ...

Scientists have revealed the animals with the most painful stings in the world. Jellyfish, wasps, hornets and ants are among ...