A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in ...

A longnose lancetfish washed ashore in a rare appearance in Seaside, Oregon. Seaside Aquarium staff examined the 5-foot-long ...

Another one of the world's rarest creatures is the "pink fairy". The pink fairy armadillo is a small species found only in ...

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Ben McCarthy, the National Trust's head of nature conservation, said animals are being "literally burnt alive". Mr McCarthy ... It's vanishingly rare for fires to start in the countryside as ...

A mysterious creature never seen alive since its discovery in 1925 has now been filmed for the first time. We knew the colossal squid existed, as it had been seen in the bellies of whales ...

They're part of a rare group of celebrities who've defied the curse of doomed Hollywood romances by remaining married for ...

it’s been due to the animals being stuck or washed ashore. So, to see one alive and moving freely in the water is extraordinary. In the following sections, we’ll explore what makes this footage so ...

Described as an “icon of the bush”, burrowing bilbies once roamed across three-quarters of mainland Australia, but in 2025, the tiny marsupials are rare, and it’s more common to see European ...

A RARE video captured the brutal moment a pack of 60 killer whales hunted down and devoured the world’s biggest animal in a feeding frenzy. Tourists off Australia's Bremer Bay watched as the ...

This 1983 Pontiac Trans Am is also fitted with a 5.0-liter V8 engine, and eBay seller wio.wio says this makes it a rare specimen. I couldn't find any numbers to check these claims – please share ...