Animals

Here's how scientists know which colors dinosaurs flaunted.

Mythological creatures, from Bigfoot to the Loch Ness Monster, exist in fantastical tales. But are there any mythological creatures that haven't been debunked?

An extinct arthropod with stilt-like limbs that lived during the Ordovician period was recently described from an exceptional fossil found in Canada.

'Prehistoric Planet,' a five-part documentary series, transports viewers into the mesmerizing world of the Cretaceous period.

A newfound millipede species from the Appalachian Mountains was named after the famous singer by the scientist who described the arthropod (and is a devoted Swift fan).

New crown jelly species from Monterey Bay looks like a scarlet alien saucer

Here are some candidates for the weirdest sea creatures, from sea slugs that photosynthesize to squid with elbows.

Is it really that bad to give a dog a bite of a chocolate bar? Live Science investigates just how much chocolate is lethal to dogs.

The infected animal may have exposed more than a dozen people to the deadly virus.

A bizarre hypothesis linking the Loch Ness Monster to whale penises has been debunked by the researcher who helped start the wild rumor.

Can tardigrades travel by snail? New experiments suggest that it's possible — and hazardous.

A newly discovered species of freshwater shrimp called Koonwarrella peterorum may have reproduced asexually via parthenogenesis.

The discovery of these 'missing' dinosaur predators from North America and Asia solves a food chain mystery.

Spanish police have seized 1,090 taxidermy animals from a warehouse in eastern Spain. Around a third of the specimens belong to species that are endangered or are already extinct.