Commercial trawlers off the southern coast of India caught several unfamiliar-looking eels in January 2024 and gave the specimens to scientists, Paramasivam Kodeeswaran and T. T. Ajith Kumar wrote in ...

Seven species of pangolin could soon be federally protected thanks to a proposal from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

University of Delaware's interdisciplinary research team pilots innovative K-12 engineering curriculum at The College School ...

Lemurs, lizards, whales — all are famed for their tails in some way. But which animal has the longest tail of all? In proportion to their bodies, grass lizards have the longest tails of any ...

Fish tails are also super flavorful, and frying or roasting them can give them a crisp, flakey texture similar to a potato ...

A small water feature on the balcony or in the garden acts like a magnet—not just for the eyes, but also for insects, birds, ...

Scientists thought fish saved energy by swimming in flat diamond shapes, but study shows they actually prefer swimming in 3D ...

Lemurs, lizards, whales — all are famed for their tails in some way. But which animal has the longest tail of all? In proportion to their bodies, grass lizards have the longest tails of any ...

Regenerating body parts might sound like science fiction, but certain animals do it with precision and consistency.

Bizarre Spinosaurus makes history as first known swimming dinosaur. A newfound fossil tail from this giant predator stretches our understanding of how—and where—dinosaurs lived.

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. Recently, scientists have ...

Scientists have found fossils of animals with tails dating back hundreds of millions of years. Back then, early fish used their fanlike tails as fins to swim through oceans and escape predators ...