The Goliath birdeater ( Theraphosa blondi) is the world’s largest spider, with a leg span up to 30 cm (12 in). Its hairy, ...

Ocean depths hide sharks with extraordinary features. These creatures, from the Goblin shark's snout to the Thresher shark's ...

(CNN) — The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ...

At first glance, the blobfish, also known as a flathead sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus), looks like a pinkish, gelatinous blob with a droopy mouth and a sagging nose. It looks even worse when it is ...

We've discovered a lot of weird animal species in the last decade, but this organism might take the cake for the world's weirdest bacteria. Scientists have finally figured out how this microscopic ...