A giant isopod from Puerto Rico, rediscovered in the depository of the University of Tübingen's Paleontological Collection, ...

Researchers have identified ten likely new species of branching marine worms found within sea sponges. These unusual worms exhibit a unique tree-like body structure, which has evolved over time.

Paleontologists suggested that zhelestids represented an unknown group of hoofed mammals—now known to be rather far from the ...

Reading time: 2 minutes The Iliahia pahulu is considered critically endangered and is known only from a small grove of approximately 30 sandalwood trees on the island of Lānaʻi. Some species are ...

An international team of paleontologists has announced a discovery that changes the way we understand the evolution of herbivorous dinosaurs: a tiny new species found in Burgos, considered the ...

Glowing red eyes. Hairy legs. Claws for grasping food. No, it’s not a human-made monstrosity or alien attacker from this ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close ...

Can a snake in Thailand influence the evolution of a snake in the Philippines even if the two species never cross paths? According to a new study, the answer may be yes. The research suggests that ...

Hidden within fish DNA are powerful genetic twists that may explain one of nature’s biggest mysteries: how new species form so quickly. In Lake Malawi, hundreds of cichlid fish species evolved at ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: Sixty-six million years ago, the dinosaurs had a really bad day when a colossal asteroid impact spurred their extinction. But even though those reptilian megafauna get all the ...

Learn how researchers identified Calamaria incredibilis, a newly described reed snake from southern China with a blunt tail that resembles its own head. New species get named after places, people, and ...