You might think of Australia's arid center as a dry desert landscape devoid of aquatic life. But it's actually dotted with ...

The world is full of strange creatures, and researchers discover new animal species every year. The oddities of fauna tend to become ever so much stranger when we leave the dry land and turn our gaze ...

It might put you off mushroom pizza to know this, but scientists recently found that some fungi might possess memory and decision-making abilities, if not actual consciousness. Then again, if you’ve ...

Much of the three-part “Planet Weird,” which goes out of its way to find the nutty in nature, is simultaneously fascinating and disgusting—the much sought-after synthesis of wildlife programming: ...

Clive Phillips has received funding from several not-for-profit groups, including Voiceless and AnimalKind, to help make this book open access. He has previously had funding from several government ...