A fishing trip of the California coast last week produced an extraordinary catch: a type of octopus that constructs its own shell to ride ocean currents.

When we plan a weekend getaway to the spectacular, snow-capped peaks of Western Canada, our minds usually drift toward a very ...

Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, swimming above a reef. Cocos Island, Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica. Greg Lecoeur, ...

With a bulging head that looks like it swallowed a gavel, there's no mistaking the animal: It’s a hammerhead shark. Across the globe, there are more than nine hammerhead species, many of which are ...

Experience the wild beauty of Katmai National Park and get closer than ever to Alaska's legendary brown bears. Discover why this remote coastline is a photographer's paradise! Join renowned ...

Scientists sequenced the genome of Demodex folliculorum, the microscopic mite living in nearly every human's hair follicles, and found it's shedding genes so fast it may eventually stop existing ...

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a ...

Fangs belong to more than just snakes and predators. A humble reef fish, a wild pig, and even a deer have evolved some of the ...

Humans may be part of the animal kingdom, but there’s still so much many of us don’t know about the creatures we share the ...

Explosions are messy at the best of times, but when the thing exploding is an animal, or part of an animal, it rarely ends ...

Residents across Cincinnati have been tracking a black bear after it was sighted in several places across the eastern part of the city, spotted in wooded areas, yards, and along roadways. According to ...

The woman, 31, had been hiking with her best friend and boyfriend in the Little Big Econ State Forest on Sunday, June 28 when they stopped for a swim.