Some species defy logic in the sprawling tapestry of Earth’s biodiversity, challenging even the most seasoned scientists.

or birds the benefits of webbed feet? This list is comprised of mammals who have clearly been taking pages from other playbooks. This story was originally published on May 7, 2021. Animals Scale ...

Scientists found a 2-foot-long amphibian with dozens ... taking a closer look at the animals, realized they’d discovered a new species: Caecilia tesoro, or Tesoro’s caecilian.

These geckos have adapted their webbed feet not only to help them stay atop, but to bury beneath the dunes of the Namib Desert. Strictly nocturnal lizards, they spend the day in self-dug burrows ...

These are the smallest of more than half a dozen booby species. Red-footed boobies are ... Once in the water, the birds use their webbed feet to aid swimming. Red-footed boobies appear in a ...

Turtles, tortoises and terrapins are all names used for hard-shelled, egg-laying reptiles. This month's River Life column ...

The Sonoyta mud turtle has evolved as an aquatic species in one of the driest parts of the Sonoran Desert. With webbed feet and an innate ability to swim ... could render the new protections ...

Instead of webbed ... lift their feet out of the water - swinging them out to the side and folding their three front toes together to reduce drag. Clark’s grebes are the largest animals capable ...