When a South African botanist Lyall Watson claimed in 1973 that plants had emotions that could be recorded on a lie detector test, he was di...

Swarms of never-before-seen spiders descended upon a cultural festival in the northeastern Indian town of Sadiya last month, biting several ...

Did a Soyuz spacecraft cause the deaths of hundreds of endangered saiga antelope in Kazakhstan this week? Some ecologists think so, althou...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Who's going to win the European Championship? Time to ask an elephant - or a pig. Poland's answer to Paul th...

An orphaned orang-utan who was forced to gnaw off its own hand to escape from a snare is now recovering after life-saving surgery. Pelangs...

Scientists say they are investigating the mysterious deaths of 877 dolphins washed ashore in Peru this year. More than 80% of those dolphins...

Source: Phantom and Monsters Blog A baby shark being prepared for lunch gave a Malaysian family a big surprise - an ancient artifact belie...

Light glinted off the bodies of thousands of fish in Sungei Api Api river yesterday morning. The mesmerising sight surprised many residen...

Chinese scientists are investigating a bizarre case in which a cockerel apparently started laying eggs after all the hens were eaten. The ...

by Susan Thom Are we human the only ones with blinders on, so we can’t see the aura of light surrounding spiritual beings? I had heard sto...

by Jennifer Welsh As the year draws to a close, here's a look back at some of the weirdest animal discoveries of 2011. From transvesti...

A surreal phenomenon takes place in North Korea as dozens of magpies perch on trees to mourn deceased leader Kim Jong-il, state television K...

Honey Badgers BASRA, Iraq — Nazariya al-Muwamara, they call it in Arabic: the conspiracy theory. As they go, this one is a gem. Take a W...

Millions of spiders have crawled into trees in Pakistan to escape flood waters, shrouding them with their silky webs. The eye-catching pheno...

Jatinga, famous for the phenomenon of birds “committing suicide”, is located on a spur of the Haflong ridge, the head quarter of the distric...

Sankebetsu Rokusen-sawa, November 1915 A large Ussuri Brown Bear is spotted outside of the rural pioneer village of Sankebetsu Rokusen-saw...

Picture is (C) copyright to AFP KUALA LUMPUR - An orangutan that amused visitors to her Malaysian zoo by smoking cigarette butts thrown into...

Aug 25th in Natural World by Micah Hanks It started with a curious noise outside… I actually thought there may have been an explosion. I ...

By Kate Goodacre, News Subeditor Monkeys have invaded a leading Indian hospital after working out how to use its automatic doors. Staff ...

Thousands of starlings flying together form an ever-changing cloud against the backdrop of a New Zealand sunset. These massive flocks appear...