Aconitum spp. (Monkshood): Known for its medicinal properties, this genus thrives in the cooler regions of Kashmir. The warmer temperatures have reduced its habitat range, and there are concerns that ...

Now, more than a year later, scientists have confirmed that what they came across in the arid Chihuahuan Desert was an entirely new plant species – the first such discovery to take place within ...

Mar. 12, 2025 — A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has now been described. Nothobranchius sylvaticus, from the Latin ...

But when scientists eventually found the speckled animal, it turned out to be a new species. A team of researchers hiked into Manaslu Conservation Area in northern Nepal in 2023 to search for ...

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Scientists found a “large”-eyed sea creature with “canine-like” teeth on reefs in the South Pacific Ocean and discovered a new species. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Near an island ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service encourages eating some invasive species to help protect native wildlife. Although not illegal, eating Burmese pythons is not recommended due to high levels of ...

With an estimated 200 billion trillion stars in the observable universe, the existence of other technological species is highly likely, potentially even within our Milky Way galaxy.

"After sequencing its DNA and comparing it with other specimens in the Academy's herbarium, we discovered that this small, fuzzy plant is not only a new species within the sunflower group ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Americans should hunt and cook nutrias, an invasive species found in marshy areas, to help curb their population. By Simon J. Levien The U.S. Fish and ...

The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in our seas. But new technologies are helping to change that, revealing ...