Our are filled with digital depictions of mythical, fictional, and imaginary beasts. But every once in a while, we cover a piece of media featuring a real animal that is so strange looking that ...

Shoebill storks have been called the world’s most terrifying bird (though the cassowary might disagree). These stately wading birds stalk the marshes of South Sudan, Uganda, and elsewhere in tropical ...

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Zookeepers across Europe have shared their funniest and cutest animal photos of the year, featuring brown bears at Hamerton ...

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, ...

Shoebills reach up to 5 feet in height and they are formidable ambush predators, standing still in swamps before lunging forward to swallow their prey whole with their giant bills. When you purchase ...

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This duck got himself all in a flap after inadvertently straying into the path of a giant Shoebill while heading towards water. But it was all water off a duck's back for the imposing 4ft tall bird ...

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 ...

While every species of bird is unique in its own way, there are some species that stand out more than others. One of these is the shoebill. It is endemic to Central and Northeast Africa, stands ...