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In medieval art, Christ didn’t always appear in human form. He could be a pelican tearing open its breast, a unicorn dying in ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The natural world is filled with remarkable creatures, but some animals stand apart because of their unusual traits, rare ...

The observations offer rare evidence of a skill being passed among raccoons. But the work also highlights the effects of human pollution at the popular tourist destination Meet the Newly Discovered ...

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The arctic fox completely swaps its dark summer coat for a snow-white one when winter is coming. The kidney garden spider looks just like the Pringles man. And the world’s cutest sheep can be found in ...

This aerial view shows the Amazon rainforest near the municipality of Paragominas, Para state, Brazil, on November 12, 2025 during the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference. MAURO PIMENTEL MAURO PIMENTEL ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most people picture blood as red: bright and oxygen-rich ...

Koalas with the bodies of lions. Elephants the size of your dog. Gigantic, 8-foot-tall sloths. These aren’t creatures found in science fiction: They walked our planet a million years ago, during the ...