The study is a fascinating and encouraging reminder of that most beloved and quotable parable in biology: that life, uh, ...

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

New marsupial species discovered in Australia could already be extinct - Examining fossils alongside genetic tools can offer special insights into classifying species, study says ...

New Zealand's unique birds are at risk of extinction, like the kiwi. So the country is trying to eradicate the invasive ...

We’ve named a new fossil species and two new woylie subspecies, but sadly many were already extinct before we even knew they existed.” ...

EU legislators are considering a form of regulation that could protect many species from unsafe exploitation — if it’s done ...

Sometime before 520 million years ago, animal life began to flourish as never before. The small shells, worms and even sponge ...

Not all barnacles just sit on rocks and ships. Some invade crabs, growing like a parasitic root system that hijacks their ...

Its hard work has seemingly paid off. On Wednesday, NASA scientists dropped the bombshell: Cheyava Falls may in fact be the ...

Has NASA's Perseverance rover at long last found evidence that life did indeed once exist on Mars? Here's what we know.

Earlier evidence pointing to ancient microbial life on the red planet hasn’t held up.

Ursus minimus—presumed to be the common ancestor of most modern bear species—lived in Europe between approximately 4.9 ...