The Sumatran tiger, the rarest tiger species, is known for its unique physical traits, including close-set stripes and webbed ...

Chandigarh: The Oriental darter or Snakebird is a veritable submarine of sub-continental wetlands. Unlike cormorants and ...

The celebrated Lancaster newspaper columnist Robert B. Risk described ducks this way in his 1893 book, “Observed and Noted’’: ...

Nuclear energy, like the platypus, is an oddly shaped beast, and needs a very specific hole to fit into the energy jigsaw puzzle.

Bred by American settlers to provide raccoon meat, the Redbone Coonhound is efficient at hunting small game that hide in ...

As night fell across a rainforest in northwestern Ecuador, a “large”-eyed creature with a “heart-shaped” tongue perched on ...

As a family who generally enjoys being busy – but not as busy as we actually are – a little fly-and-flop is exactly what we ...

As a family who generally enjoys being busy – but not as busy as we actually are – a little fly-and-flop is exactly what we ...

They start as a downy ball of fluff on a remote New Zealand island. Then they fledge across the Pacific. Only a handful have ...

Zinnia,” a 7-year-old North American river otter, gave birth to three pups in the Florida: Mission Everglades exhibit at Zoo Miami on Wednesday, Feb. 12. This is Zinnia’s third litter. Two days later, ...

Newfoundlands are known for their huge size – a full-grown dog can weigh as much as some humans, according to ... bred for swimming their paws are webbed feet specifically for swimming.” ...