Researchers from the Physics and Biology Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have discovered two ...

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A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a ...

The new species belongs to a group of flatworms known as planarians, which are typically non-parasitic. The new species was found on the Leizhou Peninsula, on the southern coast of China. The research ...

Researchers discovered two new species of trapdoor spiders in northern Australia with uniquely engineered burrows, enhancing ...

Apr. 1, 2025 — A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked ...

Apr. 1, 2025 — Scientists have released new and more accurate genome sequences for five species of duckweed. Their research reveals the specific genes responsible for some of the plant's most ...

a prejudice or bias in favour of the interests of members of one's own species and against those of members of other species. Speciesism is often condemned as the same sort of bigotry as racism or ...

De-extinction, the science of resurrecting extinct species, is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that researchers could bring back to life — and one they've already revived.