Nestled in Portland’s Northwest district, the Peculiarium’s exterior gives just a hint of the delightful madness waiting inside. The entrance, with its distinctive blue plastic strip curtains, serves ...

The gift shop sells some of the weirdest souvenirs in Pennsylvania. Plush microbes and brain-shaped stress balls make perfect gifts for your brave friends. This museum isn’t for everyone. But if ...

An exhibition at the National Gallery of Art explores the work of 16th- and 17th-century artists who captured nature’s ...

A trove of prehistoric Ice Age treasures are being exhibited alongside classic works of art to show why they deserve their ...

A new museum in a 17th-century canal house brings together fantastical taxidermy and natural history objects in an eclectic and eccentric mix.

But as cool as dinosaurs are, they aren't the only extinct prehistoric creatures worth studying. What about the so-called "hell pigs" (entelodonts)? Or gorilla-horse hybrids (chalicotheres)?

Meet the 'weird' sea spider that's mapping the evolution of eight-legged creatures by Chris Barncard, University of Wisconsin-Madison edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

But it was this insane sea creature that Lane posted that really caught our attention. It’s actually a trumpetfish, but it looks insane. Lane said, “Florida Record Trumpet Fish 62 1/2 inches.

Hidden in southwestern Thailand’s limestone caves, researchers encountered a “very strange” and “striking” insect with an unusual trait — some of its many legs were long, and others ...