Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.

Trilobites lived in all Earth’s oceans for hundreds of millions of years. They had tough exoskeletons, which made them more likely to fossilise. The detailed fossil record of trilobites shows how ...

Elizabeth Shaw was born in 2058 to British parents, but spent much of her life in South Africa, where her parents were missionaries. After losing her father to Ebola, she travelled extensively. She ...

Researchers found more than a hundred lizards of nearly 60 species that survived losing a limb, with some even seeming to ...

Earth's vast oceanic biodiversity remains largely unexplored, with only a fraction of an estimated two million total living marine species formally named and described. A significant challenge is the ...

Fishermen caught a “large”-headed sea creature with “very small teeth” off Iran that scientists identified as a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto Off the southern coast of Iran ...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...

Scientists found a “large” creature with spines on its belly in a stream in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto As darkness settled across southern China, ...

Researchers have described a new species of deep-sea lanternshark and crab, both with the help of specimens collected from a CSIRO-led 2022 voyage of CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator. Called ...

Scientists found new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts of southern Africa, thanks to their loud, barking mating calls On a cool, starry night six years ago, a young scientist ...

The National Park Service defines an invasive species as something that can cause harm to the environment or economy, along with human, plant or animal health. Additionally, all invasive species are ...