The Jake seaplane rests in shallow water off the coast of Palau in the western Pacific Ocean. How it got there is a mystery ...

The deep ocean is about as mysterious as the depths of outer space, and it's home to some bizarre finds, from tiny angelic ...

A spiky, big-eyed gecko found clinging to canyon walls in southern Iran turned out to be a completely new species — genetically distinct from every known relative by a staggering margin. Researchers ...

Could Spinosaurus swim? A new fossil with a scimitar-like head crest provides new evidence on the unsettled question.

From the octopus that walks on land to another that grows its own ‘lifejacket’, discover these unusual species ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here’s a sentence you probably didn’t expect to read today: Thousands of strangers on the internet just collectively named a ...

Here’s a sentence you probably didn’t expect to read today: Thousands of strangers on the internet just collectively named a deep-sea creature that lives on sunken wood at the bottom of the ocean, and ...

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare chiton found nearly three miles beneath the ocean surface sparked a global ...

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 ...

Coatimundis inhabit the moist and dry forests in the American continents, and these animals can be found in New Mexico and Arizona. They’re social creatures that often travel in bands, unlike their ...