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

The coral, named Iridogorgia chewbacca, is known for its long, flexible branches and shiny surface. The species earned its nickname because the coral’s “hairy” looking branches and upright, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Meet the bumpy snailfish—described by scientists as "adorable"—as well as the dark snailfish and sleek snailfish, all of ...

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 ...