With a maximum length of 4.1 inches and an average weight of 0.02 oz., the Barbados threadsnake is "thought to be the world's ...

A newly discovered trove of fossilized footprints provides what may be the first evidence of prehistoric diversity in ...

It's Shark Week, and Mammoth Cave took the unofficial holiday to announce the discovery of a ancient shark species.

Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by ...

Gene editing may hold the key to rescuing endangered species—not just by preserving them, but by restoring their lost genetic ...

Since 1979, Dinosaur Provincial Park has provided paleontologists with troves of fossilized remains, mostly in the form of ...

Scientists have suspected that direct lightning strikes are good for some trees, but now they’ve confirmed it. A new study ...

The new species belongs to the Clavelina genus of sea squirts. Tiny and strange, the animal measures just 20 millimetres long ...

In a temporary pond, far from being a permanent feature, a new rainbow-coloured fish has been found. What seemed to be an ...

A photo uploaded to popular citizen science social network iNaturalist is a snapshot of the first new genus and species of plant discovered in a US national park in almost 50 years. The wooly ...

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf species that died out more than 10,000 years ago, in April 2025.

Colossal Biosciences' chief scientist has clarified that its "dire wolves" are just genetically modified gray wolves following a backlash to the "de-extinction" label it put on them.