Sometimes, creatures are so strange-looking that they compel us to do a double-take. This Instagram video shows active, ...

Tadpole shrimp are neither tadpoles, nor shrimp. They are a little, ancient type of crustacean that swims in water in the driest places on earth. This month's pin is designed by Ceri Thomas. You can ...

Rain brings life, especially in the more notoriously arid environments. Plants flourish, animals thrive and life abounds after water hits the earth. But one very particular form of life has been ...

Who would have thought a small, yet peculiar creature could stir up such a scene in the Nevada Desert? After heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary turned a dry desert into a mud pit, revellers at the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." This year’s surprisingly wet Burning Man festival in Nevada trapped thousands of festival-goers after a ...

KASHAN, 7 October (BelTA - IRNA) - Tadpole shrimps, among the planet’s oldest surviving species and regarded as living fossils, have been sighted in the city of Ardestan, Isfahan Province in central ...