Ophelia the escaped zoo otter is back home but Louie remains elusive — perhaps in search of a mate. The two North American river otters escaped two weeks ago from the NEW Zoo & Adventure Park ...

Previously believed to be plant or fungi, these giant organisms may have been a now-extinct fourth type of life.

Neighbors of a Long Island cat sanctuary that burned in a suspicious fire tearfully remembered its owner, Chris Arsenault, ...

Florida softshell turtles are dangerous to handle and should be left alone. Harassing them risks injury from their sharp ...

The jellyfishlike creatures, called Velella velella, emerged Sunday along Bolinas Beach in Marin County, a visitor told the ...

Dominique’s, The Ark, Famous, El Cid, Jimbo’s, B.E.D. and The Caves are long gone from the local dining scene. But old-timers in South Florida may remember them, and newcomers may enjoy reading about ...

On the horizon directly in front of her burrow, about two miles offshore, Egmont Key’s historic lighthouse towered over ...

They may quickly notice horror movie tropes — scared characters stumbling, screaming, or dropping their keys, all at the same ...

Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

In recent weeks, hundreds of sea lions, dolphins and other animals have turned up in the sand dead or seriously ill, alarming ...

A parasitic wasp that flew among dinosaurs had a Venus flytrap-like contraption on its abdomen that likely allowed it to ...

Kobayashi and his colleagues christened the new therizinosaur, Duonychus tsogtbaatari. The genus name means “double claw”, ...