A new study provides an explanation for a rare, marmalade-colored animal, claiming this record of an orange shark is a first of its kind.

A newly discovered species of stick insect is as long as a person’s forearm and about as heavy as a golf ball. Can you guess where it lives?

Scientists hadn’t seen the world’s smallest snake in nearly 20 years, but it wasn’t extinct, just lost. And now, one’s been found.

A research study suggests deer in New York are to blame for moose deaths. How? They’re outcompeting them in a way you might not expect.

A PhD candidate recently came across a rare purple creature on the shores of La Jolla, California called a “bubble raft snail.” See it here.

A scientific study explains how researchers use trail cams to study wild red pandas—elusive mammals that live in Asia’s Himalayan forests.

Chimps living together at a sanctuary in Zambia began copying each other by wearing blades of grass in their ears . . . and in their butts.

Scientists shared their historic first sighting of a rare deep-sea squid called Gonatus antarcticus—and yes, they got a video.

A deceased 13-foot Burmese python in Florida was missing its head thanks to a bobcat. Scientists are thrilled.

A research study details how a Cooper’s hawk figured out how to leverage crosswalk signals to better hunt its prey.