A strange creature that washed up in the aftermath of the Japanese tsunami has baffled online viewers who claim they have no idea what it is. Taken by a survivor of the devastating natural disaster, ...

On the northeastern shores of Japan, a strange, gelatinous creature recently appeared in the surf. Pale blue and semi-transparent, it looked like a jellyfish—until scientists realized it wasn’t one.

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 ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

A “strange” creature recorded in the deep waters off the coast of Japan represents an exceptionally rare kind of discovery. With a body shaped like Mount Fuji, the new-to-science sea anemone is not ...