When we think of wildlife, towering elephants or roaring lions often steal the spotlight. But nature’s most astonishing creatures aren’t always large on the other hand, some are small enough to rest ...

A tiny frog endemic to the state of Bahia on Brazil’s Atlantic coast may have just earned the title of the smallest vertebrate in the world. The Brazilian flea toad, or Brachycephalus pulex, was first ...

A therapy horse in Germany has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the world’s smallest living horse, standing at ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In the 19th century, the German zoologist Christian Bergmann pondered a simple ...

If we set aside elephants and blue whales for a moment and shift our focus to the other end of the size spectrum, the world of tiny animals is truly astonishing. Measured in millimeters, these ...

A sweet play date between the world's tallest dog and the world's smallest dog is proving friendship can come in any size. The folks at Guinness World Records shared a montage video on Instagram that ...

What do you think of when you hear the word predator? Most of us immediately think of nature’s heavyweights: bears, wolves, lions and any other animals who would send us running off the trail at full ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — In a meeting that gives new meaning to the phrase "opposites attract," the world's tallest and shortest dogs came face-to-paw earlier this month. Reginald, who goes by Reggie, a ...