From a butterfly shaped by 40,000 years of isolation to creatures 1,400 feet below the sea, scientists uncovered thousands of ...

Researchers have identified over 70 new species, from ancient dinosaurs to living mammals and insects preserved in amber ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

A new study shows scientists are discovering new species faster than ever, revealing Earth still holds vast unknown ...

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

Professor John Wiens from the University of Arizona has shed new light on the pace of new species discoveries — and how it ...

Researchers retrieved reef monitoring devices that had been placed in deep coral reefs in Guam. The devices were placed up to 330 feet below the surface.

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

From fruit flies that bite to a tiny mouse opossum and a feathered dinosaur preserved with the remains of its last meal, more ...

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...