There are some weird and wacky creatures out in the animal kingdom, from immortal jellyfish to mites that live on our eyelashes. However, there is no species so stern-looking and intimidating as the ...

if you’ve ever wanted to know what it feels like to be stared down by a prehistoric creature, you don’t have to dig up fossils or time travel — you just need to meet the shoebill stork. Towering, ...

If you’ve seen the viral video of the large shoebill bird landing on a boat in Africa’s Mabamba Swamp, you might be asking yourself if such a prehistoric-looking, seemingly giant bird could be real.