In the southern hills of the Mexico state of Coahuila, water bubbles from below the surface to create crystal clear pools ...

After years below ground, a cicada bursts from its exoskeleton in this remarkable video showing nature’s power to transform.

Discover China’s most breathtaking opera house, a modern architectural wonder inspired by the shape of a giant seashell.

Tiny, elusive, and tough as nails – the pink fairy armadillo is one of the strangest mammals on Earth. In this video, we dig into what makes this underground dweller so unique, from its armor-like ...

Animal behavior and cognition experts at the University of Lincoln, U.K., have made new discoveries about reptile sentience ...

Unlike the hard-shelled eggs of birds, platypus eggs have a soft, pliable shell more similar to reptile eggs. Before laying her eggs, the female platypus constructs an elaborate underground burrow up ...

Was the First Mammal to Live on Earth the Morganucodon or Brasilodon? Experts Still Debate Learn more about Morganucodon and Brasilodon, the two species that may have given life to the mammals we know ...

A discovery about the dark fur of early mammals confirms long-held theories about their evolutionary and ecological behavior.

It's time for another edition of the viral March Mammal Madness, which pits 64 animals against each other in hypothetical "battles," bracket-style.

Early mammals were small, strictly nocturnal, and altogether less showy–verging on downright drab, as supported by a study published March 13 in the journal Science.

While many dinosaurs and pterosaurs flaunted flamboyant feathers, early mammals were a dull lot. A study of the fossilised fur of six mammals that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods ...

We have the 9-letter answer for Armored mammal whose bony-plated shell acts as a defensive shield when threatened crossword clue, last seen in the Daily Themed Crossword March 7, 2025 puzzle.