"I would like to add that we have included in this new genus a species from Texas that was described under another generic ...

The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just ...

Museum ichthyologist Cristhian Conde-Saldaña uses evolutionary genetics to study freshwater fishes and document at-risk ...

The Zoological Survey of India announced the discovery of four parasitic wasp species in West Bengal, expanding insect ...

The speedy, plant-eating creature lived in what is now Colorado roughly 150 million years ago, and its skeleton went on ...

Loaches include a wide variety of fish, but are typically small and found in freshwater systems. They are typically nocturnal ...

The elusive “pinkish” species from Brazil, normally found wandering on trees, is already being targeted by the pet trade for ...

The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app ...

A prehistoric sea monster never-before-known to man was hunting prey in North America 85 million years ago, fossils found decades ago in Canada reveal.

A team of researchers re-examining a fossil found about 30 years ago in Kumamoto Prefecture concluded it is a new genus and species of pterosaur, a prehistoric flying reptile.

A snail named after painter Pablo Picasso is one of many species named after artists, but some researchers question whether species should be named after people at all.