A University of Wyoming researcher was part of a team that determined ice found in rock glaciers in the Teton Range persists in a warming climate, providing a sustained cold-water streamflow, as ...

A museum fossil ignored for more than 50 years has revealed the first complete skull of an ancient saber-toothed cat and ...

FWS finalized a change redefining "shellfish," removing the previous requirement that species must have an external shell.

"Water pollution cases often take years to conclude, but this one, while absolutely devastating, and described by the ...

A new study finds a giant octopus may have prowled the seas 72 million years ago and may have been at the top of the food chain.

A new study shows invertebrate life on Lord Howe Island has significantly increased since the eradication of rodents in 2019. Experts say invertebrates, including native island cockroaches, are vital ...

Brittlestars, sea anemones and a catshark among new-to-science species collected during expedition off the Queensland coast Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news ...

After losing its original eyes, one of our distant ancestors may have done what evolution does best: tinkered with what was available, reshaping a single central visual organ into two new eyes. That’s ...

An illustration of a four-eyed myllokunmingid, a jawless fish that lived more than 500 million years ago Xiangtong Lei and Sihang Zhang Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit ...

There are some pretty large animals in the world. Giraffes are notable for their long necks, and whales for their sheer size, but have you ever seen the biggest crab in the world? Coconut crabs are ...

When I was about 7 or 8 years old, my biology-professor dad brought me a present home from work: a jar of sticks. Or at least that’s what I thought it was. When some of them started moving he ...

Scientists at Queensland Museum have uncovered a 400-million-year-old vertebrate fossil, which could be the smallest of its kind ever found in Queensland. Palaeospondylus gunni, a mysterious eel-like ...