Ever wonder why cartoon characters have four fingers? It's not just to save on animation costs (though that was one of the ...

Australia is home to some truly unique and unexpected creatures, but few are quite as strange and fascinating as the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). The platypus doesn’t fit into any partic ...

Australia is home to some truly unique and unexpected creatures, but few are quite as strange and fascinating as the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). The platypus doesn’t fit into any particular ...

But the scores are spot on. This cartoon is the Australian Open's free-to-watch version of the live action taking place at Melbourne Park. How has this come about? The Australian Open's official ...

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Despite their awkward appearance, the platypus has a superpower-like sixth sense that it uses to hunt for food. In the video above filmed by National Geographic, you can watch this incredible ...

They are such an unusual mammal that the first scientists to study them believed they were the brunt of a hoax. Despite their awkward appearance, the platypus has a superpower-like sixth sense that it ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes announced Friday she had resigned from The Washington Post after the newspaper refused to publish a satirical cartoon depicting billionaire Post owner ...

Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes announced her resignation from The Washington Post, citing an editorial decision to scrap a cartoon that included Post owner Jeff Bezos bowing to ...