A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

Despite white settlers’ complaints about the “primitives’” savagery and ... For example, while painting a young New Guinea man with elaborate decorative scarring on his back, Mytinger ...

The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ancestor.

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The story of two of ...

She even illustrates dingos from her native Australia, and the New Guinea singing dog from Papua New Guinea, a primitive ...

She even illustrates dingos from her native Australia, and the New Guinea singing dog from Papua New Guinea, a primitive local breed that lives in nearly feral conditions in highland forests. Animal ...

Blood is often associated with the color red, but in the animal kingdom, it comes in a surprising range of hues. From the ...