We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in ...

Rectangular whorls game the scientists the impression of "a Cubist interpretation of other snails with ‘normal’ shell shapes.

A recent study published in Papers in Palaeontology describes the discovery and identification of a new species of ...

Irrawaddy dolphins live in rivers in Asia, and their numbers are quickly declining with fewer than 250 left in the world.

Analysis of single bone may tell us if the platypus is an evolutionary anomaly — starting on land, then returning to water.

The natural world is home to a wide range of species that have each adapted to exist in various habitats through their unique characteristics, behaviors, and interactions. In this lesson, students ...

A massive, never-seen-before creature has been discovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. Learn about its bizarre ...

After decades of debate in the US over how to manage insecticides’ unintended harms to endangered species, farm groups are supporting the US Environmental Protection Agency’s latest strategy ...

A tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. Researchers who discovered ...