The stories keep popping up here and there: a runaway kangaroo in Alabama or a zebra in Tennessee. Now, a deep dive by Slate helps explain what's going on by exploring a largely hidden—yet ...

60 Interesting Ocean Facts That'll Either Terrify You or Amaze You first appeared on Parade on Jul 20, 2025 This story was ...

They’ve been crawling across the seafloor for more than 500 million years – predating the dinosaurs – yet sea stars remain some of the most misunderstood animals on Earth – if they’re even recognized ...

Four 9-week-old pups named Bruce, Betsy, Bronte and Barkley visited the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in Australia and observed ...

From taking care of octopus to feeding sea shells, the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum aquarists walk us through how ...

Such was the strength of the superstition that anyone sighting or hearing of foxes while on the way to sea would turn back ...

We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely so black-and-white.

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.

Astonishingly, the ocean teems with brainless creatures that thrive using instinct and nerve networks. Jellyfish, sea sponges, starfish, sea cucumbers, and coral demonstrate survival without a ...

The Trump administration wants to move ahead with deep sea mining. A mosaic of exotic creatures are at stake ...

The first animals have joined the tanks at the upcoming Sea Life Florida Aquarium in Winter Haven. Among the initial inhabitants are a black-tip reef shark named Pretzel, who was born and raised ...