By Edward Carver Groundbreaking research in the late 1990s showed that Arctic-dwelling bowhead whales could live more than ...

12, 2024 — Scientists have today announced the discovery of a species of lipstick vine completely new to science, from the depths of the Philippine rainforest. The team of botanists made the ...

Jan. 2, 2025 — When it comes to deciding where they're going to get their next meal, different species of bees may be attracted to different flower ... A New Way to Determine Whether a Species ...

While Nayler's story is wholly fictional, it is not without basis in a very real school of zoological thought, one which ...

Science welcomed many new species this year, most of them amphibians, reptiles and insects. The Western Ghats and Northeast India continue to shine as biodiversity hotspots in India with multiple ...

Elders in the animal kingdom hold crucial knowledge, guiding their families and ecosystems through life's uncertainties, and ...

The idea of life continuing on Earth without humans has a way of catching our attention. Our species has spread across land and sea, altering the planet in countless ways. Still, Earth’s history shows ...

A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The variety of species identified was quite eclectic and names for the new ...

“Scientists estimate that we’ve identified only one-tenth of all species on Earth,” said Dr. Shannon Bennett, chief of science at the California Academy of Sciences, in a statement.

"All together, this can explain why conifers are the dominant species in boreal forests ... during his doctoral studies at Umeå Plant Science Center, studied these phenomena.

"Finding and describing new species is vital for understanding the biodiversity of our planet and protecting it from further loss," said virologist Shannon Bennett, chief of science for the ...