Researchers sequenced the knotty sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing a missing gene that many other animals ...

Once again, Australia has proved that it really does have the strangest animals in the world. One resident has taken pictures of a toad with five legs hopping around his backyard.

Discusses arthropods, a diverse group of animals characterized by jointed legs, exoskeletons, and segmented bodies. It ...

The "legs" of these fish, derived from separated fin rays, initially served locomotory purposes. The study showed that sensory papillae in sea robins develop several weeks after hatching. Initially, ...

So why do animals keep evolving into crab-like forms? Scientists don't know for sure, ... Some crabs have adapted their legs for digging under sediment or paddling through water.

According to Shelter Animals Count, an organization that tracks the number of animals in shelters across the nation, over 1,800 shelters have taken in over 529,000 animals from the start of the ...