Ever heard of a liger? Or how about a zonkey? If you're unfamiliar, crossbreeding is the strengthening of the species genes of one animal by breeding with a stronger mate of another animal. Sometimes ...

Nature doesn’t always play by the rules. For every majestic lion or elegant eagle, there’s a creature so bizarre it looks like a science experiment gone rogue.

Earth is full of bizarre creatures, with more being discovered each year. As documented in the scientific journal Species Diversity in 2024, researchers recently discovered a highly unusual marine ...

(CNN) — The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ...