When people think of the most venomous animal in the world, they often imagine snakes, jellyfish, or scorpions, but the true answer is a small marine mollusk known as the cone snail. Despite its ...

Scientists found a 307 million-year-old fossil, Tyrannoroter heberti, revealing one of the earliest known land vertebrates ...

Life on Earth started in the oceans. Sometime around 475 million years ago, plants began making their way from the water onto ...

The blue whale is the largest animal to ever exist — bigger than any dinosaur that walked the Earth. Its heart is the size of a small car, and its tongue can weigh as much as an elephant. Yet this ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: Chondrichthyan fishes—a group that includes rays, skates, chimaeras, and sharks—are thought to have energy intensive reproduction cycles due in no ...

Thousands of alien species could invade the Arctic, warns a new study. Warmer temperatures and more tourists make it easier ...

The skull of Tyrannoroter heberti was found in Canada's Nova Scotia province.

The discovery of the long-snouted vine snake was a team effort, thanks to researchers Zeeshan Mirza, Soham Pattekar, Sourabh ...

Our beloved planet has seen giants that dwarf most animals alive today. These massive creatures lived across different time periods and belonged to all kinds of environments, including deep oceans and ...

Step inside a dazzling fantasy world full of magical creatures, meet a boy struggling with big family changes, share laughter ...

The 76-year-old played a game where he’d go into the boys rooms and encourage them to eat the sweets as quickly as possible.