Scientists are testing moving tree species to new areas to help forests survive climate change, but this risks disrupting ecosystems. Foresters are already tri…

Human brain size increased over evolution possibly due to random genetic changes, not survival benefits. This challenges the idea that all evolutionary changes…

EXCLUSIVE: Animal activism is all about love for other species, but once in a while it ends in love between humans, too. That’s what Rebecca Loviconi’s ‘genre …

Ambystoma quetzalcoatli is the first fossil salamander to be formally identified in Mexico, revealing that axolotls have inhabited the country for millions of …

Costa Rican scientists may have discovered a new species of ghost shark in Pacific waters near Cabo Blanco and Cano Island.

The extinct human species Homo floresiensis was a scavenger, not a hunter, an analysis of fossil animal bones reveals.

A study published in the journal Biological Invasions indicates that Brazil currently has at least 82 non-native mollusk species, in addition to 13 whose origi…

Earth is home to 20 million insect species—three times more than we thought Some creative calculations using bug traps, epidemiology and trees suggest there ar…

The pangolin is a midsize mammal found only in Africa and Asia. The pangolins' scales make them unique, but these scales have become their undoing.

An alpine ash forest is a sight to behold. Alpine ash (Eucalyptus delegatensis) is a tall eucalypt species that grows in the cool, wet mountains of southeaster…

Climate change is not only warming our lakes and rivers, it is also changing what invasive species eat. A new experimental study published in Limnology and Oce…