Scientists found a hibernating creature with “sharp” claws on a mountain in Vietnam and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Bragin et al. (2025) As temperatures dropped on a mountain in ...

Scales are small, hard plates that protect an animal's skin. Learn all about the 12 types of animals with scales here!

Thousands of feet up on a volcano in Peru, a “slender” and scaly creature paused on a rock. Its coloring helped it blend “seamlessly” into the landscape but wasn’t enough to keep it from attracting ...

Did you know some animals have only one horn? We've done the research! Jump in to read about animals that have one horn!

The San Antonio Zoo has secured second place in Newsweek’s Reader’s Choice poll for Best Zoo. The zoo improved its position ...

The Dallas Zoo is the oldest and largest zoological park in Texas — and it’s not even close. At 106 acres, it’s about double ...

Some doubted the species ever existed at all. But the Endangered Wildlife Trust says two of its researchers have found and ...

Various video games feature extinct animals, predominantly dinosaurs, with creative interpretations mixing fact and fiction.

South Africa is a hub for the international pet trade, with thousands of animals exported each year. Many of these are exotic ...

The lizard clearly belonged to a “poorly studied” group of reptiles, but it didn’t match any known species. Researchers ...

Meet the Horned Lizard: Nature’s Blood-Shooting Defender Horned Lizard. Image via Opneverse. The blood-shooting ability belongs to several species of horned lizards (genus Phrynosoma), native to the ...