South America has the most diverse wildlife of any continent, with an extremely high species count. And some of South America ...
This mysterious Japanese artist, who goes by the pseudonym of Ariduka55 or Monokubo on social media channels, creates otherworldly beautiful drawings that breathe life into a completely new fantasy ...
Mother Nature doesn't always play by the rules... Sometimes she flips the script, hits Caps Lock and produces something so unusually large that it looks like it could be cast in a sci-fi movie. We're ...
Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji experiences snow for the first time just beyond his indoor exhibit on Sunday. Though he did not venture further, his parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian played around outside.
Peter, the giant anteater, showcases the incredible abilities of one of the world’s most unusual mammals, famous for its long ...
Ancient sloths lived in trees, on mountains, in deserts, in boreal forests and on open savannas. Some grew as large as elephants. Illustration by Diego Barletta The largest sloth of all time was the ...
These images may look like they come from a sanctuary for animal gods. But it’s really just an optical illusion. In a story we first saw on DesignTaxi, what we’re looking at are actually snaps from ...
From an evolutionary perspective, is bigger always better? The journey the thunder beasts took to reach such mega proportions from such humble beginnings forces us to ask an important question, one ...
The largest-ever flying animal acted like a giant heron, plucking prey from the water and launching itself into the air. Quetzalcoatlus northropi was a pterosaur which ruled the skies for millions of ...
The giant squid was detected along with over 220 species, including some that might have never been discovered before.