The definition of small but mighty, mantis shrimps can throw punches up to 50mph — enough to break through their glass tanks. Police in Japan rarely ever resort to violence, as they choose to ...

One traveler dreamed of the distant Seychelles, Zanzibar, and Lamu, then discovered he could visit them all by sea, on an expedition ship.

In 1972, beneath a Lloyds Bank in York, England, archaeologists discovered the Lloyds Bank Coprolite, a 1,200-year-old Viking feces—the largest human poop ever found—now a prized and humorous ...

In a remarkable display of “people power,” a mother-daughter team of citizen scientists has ...

She is talking about giraffe poop. The scat are surprisingly small for an animal that can grow to the height of two stacked basketball hoops in adulthood. The best samples are at the top of the pile, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snakes come in an astonishing range of sizes, from tiny thread snakes to massive constrictors capable of overpowering large prey.

Long before today’s tree-dwelling sloths, a 4-ton giant roamed South America — and it may have stood and fought like a bear.

Watching an elephant forage for roots to eat reveals just how strong yet sensitive its trunk is. An elephant’s more than 40,000 trunk muscles can upend trees and follow it up with gently collecting ...

Werner Herzog’s new documentary about the hunt for elephants in Angola focuses less on the animals and more on the pursuers.

Liza Minnelli shared the multiple qualities she wants in her future partner in her forthcoming memoir Kids, Wait Till You ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — When people around the world are asked to name the single biggest problem facing their country, the answer is not war, climate change or politics. Instead, it’s something closer to ...

Mars, Incorporated is the world’s biggest confectionery manufacturer. Home to big-name brands including Twix, Skittles, and Galaxy, and with estimated net annual sales worth $54.6bn (€45.8bn), the ...