Over millions of years, animal species have evolved, lived, and died out. Some were huge, some were tiny, and some were beautiful, but some were a bit weird too! Here are the 7 weirdest extinct ...

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.

Last but not least, Opabinia is, by far, one of the weirdest extinct animals to ever live on our planet. It actually looked like something from another planet, as it had five eyes and a long, claw ...

Animals occasionally mate with members of another species, and nature occasionally endorses the match with a hybrid. Humans have taken advantage of hybridization to create striking oddities for ...

A mysterious example of Indigenous rock art from South Africa may depict a "strange" animal that lived more than 200 million years ago and went extinct long before the appearance of the first ...

Animalia The dodo bird is extinct. This scientist says she can bring it back. The company she works for is betting millions it can realize a once-far-fetched idea of “de-extinction.” ...

From baobabs to monkey puzzles, these six rare trees are known for their odd appearances. Sadly, they're all also on the edge of extinction.

Here’s a list of 23 of the strangest, spookiest, and most bizarre animals in the world. They range from insects to fish to mammals.

One of the world’s most densely populated cities might seem an unlikely refuge for endangered wildlife. But behind the concrete jungle of Hong Kong, where more than 7 million people mingle in a ...

"The species was considered extinct in South Australia, with no official records for some 100 years or more," district ranger Ross Anderson told Newsweek.

Efforts to protect multiple species have yielded great successes in the past several decades. Find out the animals that have lived to breathe another day.

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