Humans have domesticated a large number of animals over their history, some for food, some as companions and protectors. A few species—think animals like rabbits and guinea pigs—have partly shifted ...

At first glance, the blobfish, also known as a flathead sculpin (Psychrolutes phrictus), looks like a pinkish, gelatinous blob with a droopy mouth and a sagging nose. It looks even worse when it is ...

While it's very true that, as the great Ian Malcolm once said, "life finds a way," that way can sometimes veer quite far off the beaten path. One of the most beautiful and strange examples of this is ...

Add this one to your list of 20th-century Americana weirdness: the fur-bearing trout, a legendary fish said to grow a thick pelt of fur to survive frigid waters. This urban legend has made its way ...

The coelacanth — a giant weird fish still around from dinosaur times — can live for 100 years, a new study found. These slow-moving, people-sized fish of the deep, nicknamed a “living fossil,” are the ...

This is a story about a fish. A very weird fish. A fish that, if I’m being honest, seems like an evolutionary prank, a creature whose very existence draws into question the concept of logic. I tell ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Fish with mushy milk-colored flesh have been appearing along New Zealand's north-east coast. The cause is still unknown ...

Humans have domesticated a large number of animals over their history, some for food, some as companions and protectors. A few species—think animals like rabbits and guinea pigs—have partly shifted ...