Researchers announced over 70 new species in a single year, including bizarre insects, ancient dinosaurs, rare mammals, and ...

From fruit flies that bite to a tiny mouse opossum and a feathered dinosaur preserved with the remains of its last meal, more ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park shared news Friday that it has gotten more "leggy," as it announced the discovery of ...

The Amazon rainforest has yielded yet another new species, according to a recent study published in Zootaxa. Discovered in the mountains of the Serra do Divisor National Park (SDNP) in Brazil, this ...

Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf ...

Scientists reveal Priocharax rex, a tiny Amazonian fish with a strange skin “wing” that redefines evolution in miniature.

An international team discovered new types of butterflies that lay hidden in plain sight at the Natural History Museum.

Now scientists have formally described it as a new species: Brachycephalus lulai, a pumpkin toadlet found only in a small ...

Four new millipede species have been discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, highlighting ongoing biodiversity ...

Scientific divers have navigated a series of treacherous dives more than 330 feet deep in an attempt to unravel the mysteries of deep ocean reefs. They’re finding new species — and evidence of both cl ...

The new species was discovered by researchers in the Serra do Quiriri mountain range in the south of the country. It was found living deep in the cloud forests at high altitudes. The international ...

Despite the vast numbers of animal species already identified, the natural world is still capable of springing a few ...