The exceptionally well-preserved fossils shine a light on the mass extinction that brought an end to the "Biological Big Bang ...

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

A new species of amphibian that lived 150 million years ago has been discovered in Portugal. The tiny animal was one of the ...

The formally feathered, flightless aquatic birds known as penguins dominate the frigid waters surrounding the subantarctic ...

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MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. — A new-to-science species of ancient shark was recently discovered in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. The small shark named Clavusodens mcginnisi, or “McGinnis’ nail tooth,” ...

Quick Take The official 4-species status was achieved only after reviewing recent genetic, morphological, and biogeographic ...

An international team of malacologists discovered a new snail species, Anauchen picasso, in Southeast Asia that exhibits a highly complex and rectangularly angled shell shape, resembling a ...

Researchers from the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds ...

Plant species that was presumed to be extinct reappears after nearly six decades - Small Australian shrub with delicate pink ...

A species of ant found scurrying across southern Europe is the first animal found that clones males of another species. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...