New research has dramatically expanded the known roster of mammals on Earth. A new review published in the Journal of ...

A beginner’s guide to choosing the right turtle or tortoise, with practical details on cost, care needs, enclosure size, and ...

If you asked the average American angler to name all the different types of bass, a handful of species would roll off the tongue, starting with largemouths and smallmouths, then probably stripers, and ...

What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers ...

"Nor shall I here discuss the various definitions which have been given of the term species. No one definition has as yet satisfied all naturalists; yet every naturalist knows vaguely what he means ...

What is a monkey, exactly? We think we know monkeys for their playful behavior, their swinging around the jungle, and oddly familiar expressions (we’re related to them, after all). But how are all the ...

The Nature Trust of New Brunswick has found a scaly fringe lichen east of Fundy National Park, which one researcher says is ...

A new, devilish-looking species of bee sheds light on the yet-to-be-classified species of bees native to Australia.

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