Don’t expect theoretical physics from this Einstein impersonator, the hamadryas baboon

If you thought the African clawed frog was ordinary, think again: this is one peculiar frog!

When one imagines amphibians (animals that live between land and water), damp, dim scenes of swamps and rainforest floors come to mind. These creatures, that can breathe through their skin and begin life swimming in form of fish-like tadpoles, must constantly have access to water to live. Given this, it’s hard to envision a frog…

Coral reefs are the largest geological structures on earth built by living organisms…

…these parasitic flatworms exhibit an extreme form of cooperative division of labor via non-reproductive warriors and the reproductive baby-makers…

As humans looking around the animal kingdom, we find that some animal “superpowers” are obvious: Birds can fly! Fish can breathe underwater! Lizards can change colors! But often, an animal’s most incredible feats are those that aren’t visible. Cue the naked mole-rat. The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), native to Eastern Africa, is a very atypical…

Darwin’s finches gone bad!

The rough-skinned newt may be cute, but it certainly isn’t cuddly – thanks to a potent poison on its skin.

Coolest fish in the ocean? Sunfish researchers are pushing for the evolutionary-unique sunfish to gain the unofficial title of “coolest ocean fish.”