The gulper eel ( Saccopharynx lavenbergi), also called a pelican eel, is roughly a meter of tail and mouth. This unusual fish, the only species in the genus Eurypharynx, slinks through the water as ...

Malaysian giant turtles are classified as critically endangered because of their "slow reproductive cycle" and are "often ...

Researchers scoured mountainous areas on their hands and knees looking for signs of the rare species' survival, according to ...

A close-up view of the Malaysian giant turtle, or Orlitia borneensis, seen on Belitung Island. Photo from Hasan, Rahmawati, Guntoro, South, Valen, Tamam, Hardian, Andriyono, Nurjirana and Kamarudin ...

Scientists on an Indonesia island found a “giant” creature caught in a trap, the area’s first sighting of an endangered species, photos show. Photo from Hasan, Rahmawati, Guntoro, South, Valen, Tamam, ...

As night settled across southern Madagascar, a “giant” creature with a “blunt” snout sat near a stream. Its brown-tinged eyes scanned the surrounding forest, but it wasn’t the only one looking around.

Ancient sea creatures may have used magnetic particles to navigate. 3D scans reveal how these magnetofossils sensed Earth’s ...

Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-sized, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths—commonly ...

Tokyo's Ueno Zoo celebrated on Tuesday "Giant Panda Day," which marks the arrival of two of the animals from China 53 years ...

Scientists found a “giant” creature with a “stout” body lurking near a stream in Madagascar and discovered a new species, a study said . Screengrab from Domaine de la Cascade Plantation Lansargues’s ...