Urokodia aequalis, an early Cambrian marine predator from the Chengjiang biota of China, preserves the earliest known evidence of chelicerae -- the pincer-like structures that later evolved into the ...

These spheres from the abyss conceal creatures with startling biology.

Thomas Mulligan examines the evolutionary marvels and environmental factors that allow the blue whale to maintain its status ...

Pandora is a fictional planet in the Avatar franchise. It is an Earth-like habitable extrasolar moon in the Alpha Centauri System. This moon is rich with life just like Earth, and it is full of ...

A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about where you live than about what consciousness really requires.

One of the world’s most biodiverse marine locations, the Coral Triangle, has yielded a new species of shark. This very special creature is a type of walking shark, meaning it can use its fins to walk ...

Did you know that "The Office" star Rainn Wilson, a.k.a. Dwight Schrute, has a zonkey named Derek? Did you even know that zonkies exist?

The Cass County Dentzel Carousel in Logansport, Indiana, is one of the oldest functioning carousels in the entire world, and ...

These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial ...

Don’t you just love when you dive into a game, not really knowing what to expect but end up being wholly impressed? That’s been me with Creatures of Ava. Described as a “creature-saver”, I expected ...

If David Attenborough has taught us anything, it is that animals make life worth living. Whether they are furry, feathered, slimy, or slithering, every creature on this planet is out here living its ...