“After being properly prepared, it became evident that (the new species was) part of a rare group of herbivorous/omnivorous ...

Pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammals, hit the headlines more often for the illegal trade in their scales and meat ...

Palaeognaths include emus and ostriches, and can reach 9 feet tall and weigh upwards of 300 pounds. They are more known for ...

For the briefest moment earlier this year, the Eurasian lynx — extinct in the U.K. for thousands of years — returned to the ...

"Many of them had feathers, [so] they could insulate themselves just like mammals can," Brusatte said. In addition, some dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, were likely warm blooded, research finds, ...

The butterfly appears to be a hybrid between two known tiger swallowtail species — P. glaucus and P. canadensis — but because ...

Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, in northwestern Madagascar, is filled with breathtaking shards of karst limestone. Creating ...

What happens when a team of scientists and local Awajún guides go on a 38-day trip into the Alto Mayo region of Peru? Over ...

Biologists, using a technique that explores both genes and structural characteristics, have introduced 10 new species of marine sponge. Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms and ...

UNC Greensboro researcher Bryan McLean helped identify a new species of squirrel. How he and collaborators found the Snake ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine ...

A volunteer at Texas’ Big Bend National Park spotted bright red blooms after rain in a remote stretch of desert, leading to ...