New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo coral, water bear, octocoral, and shrimp were just some of the marine ...

As an ancient angiosperm that’s believed to have emerged in the Cretaceous period some 95 million years ago, this exquisite ...

A new study suggests that microRNA from plants can enter the bloodstream of bears and facilitate adaptation to a herbivorous ...

World's most venomous snake bit Jeffery Leibowitz. Now, the SC city banned exotic animals including some snakes, primates, ...

Male singers seem to have a lot of fans in the spider research community. Among the more famous names that crop up in the spider kingdom are David Bowie and Bob Marley, while Johnny Cash has a hairy ...

Over 800 new species discovered 800+ scientists from 400+ institutions collaborating globally10 Expeditions and 8 Discovery ...

Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than ...

Dozens (at least) of organisms have been named after Lord of the Rings lore: creatures, locations, Elvish words, and more.

Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ... the prehistoric skull represents a new genus of hyaenodont. “It was upside down when one of my colleagues noticed ...