While it’s not helping fly the Millennium Falcon, marine biologists have discovered a new type of deep-sea coral in the ...

This process—the team dubs it “xenoparous,” meaning that an organism gives birth to another species as part of its life cycle ...

In a stream of southern China, a "cryptic" yellow creature with a "flattened" head rested on the riverbed. Its yellow-ringed ...

A team of researchers, including an expert from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, discovered a new species of deep-sea coral ...

A new marsupial species found in the Río Abiseo National Park, Marmosa chachapoya, contributes to the biological richness of ...

OHIO senior Collin Thacker, under the mentorship of professor Harvey Ballard, discovered four new species of violets in the ...

A new assessment of giraffes has officially recognized four distinct species, all in Africa, overturning prior ...

Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The ...

Scientists found a 2-foot-long predator with colorful eyes in Tibet and discovered an “extremely rare” new species, a study said. Photo from Y.H. Xu via Xu, Nguyen, Wang, Zhang, Poyarkov, Wei, Vogel, ...

Learn more about the volcanic island of Nishinoshima and how its frequent eruptions are helping scientists understand how ...

In a mountain forest of southeastern China, a 1-foot-long creature with a “collar” moved along the ground. Its “secretive” nature helped it go largely unnoticed — until some keen-eyed scientists found ...

And they were right — last week, state officials announced the invasive species had been detected at two separate Southern California lakes that are over 250 miles south of the Port of Stockton. In ...