The saltwater crocodile isn’t just one of the largest reptiles alive today; it also has the most powerful bite ever recorded.

More than a dozen Bornean elephants have been killed — including five beheaded — in Malaysia in the past 18 months, ...

Giant mosasaurs, once thought to be strictly ocean-dwelling predators, may have spent their final chapter prowling freshwater ...

Scientists say dolphins and orcas have teamed up to hunt salmon off British Columbia. It’s the first time such behavior has been documented between the two mammals.

Not all animals are born small and helpless. Learn about the animals whose babies walk minutes after birth, including why and ...

A small bioluminescent shark so rare that there are only two specimens in the entire world has been discovered in the Gulf of ...

Cephalopods—the class of animals that comprises octopuses and squids—are ubiquitous throughout the ocean, including in the ...

Unlike most animals’ weapons — like claws, horns or teeth — snake venom is in a perpetual race with the defenses of their prey. Snakes upgrade their venom; rodents and amphibians upgrade their ...

The sunlight reflecting off the frost that covered the trees was a beautiful and welcome sight last week. The glittering ...

The waters of the Gulf of Mexico are often favored for their warm temperature, attracting tourists throughout the summer ...

A 430-million-year-old fossil reveals that the first leeches were ocean predators, not bloodsuckers. The discovery radically shifts the timeline of leech evolution by more than 200 million years.