Scientists describe Gitchak nakana, the first aquifer-dwelling blind fish discovered in Northeast India’s groundwater ecosystems.

International researchers find first aquifer-dwelling fish in Northeast India, published in Scientific Reports ...

An Egyptian research team has uncovered a new genus of Saurodontidae, an extinct predatory fish with reptile-like teeth from ...

A team led by the University of Chicago said it has discovered a new species of dinosaur — a fish-eating giant, and the first new species of its kind discovered in a century.

KUALA NERUS, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- A newly described fish parasite species, Thelohanellus borkhanuddini, has been named in honour of a scientist from Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT).

Like other invasive species, including Burmese pythons and green iguanas, it’s legal to humanely kill Nile monitors on private property without a permit, with landowner permission, or on one of 32 ...

A lost cache of 250-million-year-old fossils from Australia has rewritten part of the story of life after Earth’s worst mass extinction. Instead of a single marine amphibian species, researchers ...

A newly identified ichthyosaur from the UK’s Jurassic Coast is rewriting part of the prehistoric playbook. Nicknamed the “Sword Dragon of Dorset,” the three-meter-long marine reptile lived during a ...

Not far from the crowds of Venice, scientists are finding that sea lavender locks away carbon, builds ecosystems, and could help coastal cities weather a warming world.

Seabirds are among the indicator species that provide rich insight into the health of their ecosystems. This week we share an edited excerpt from Eric Wagner’s new book, “Seabirds as Sentinels: ...

The Hattiesburg Zoo is now home to four juvenile spider monkeys, two males and two females. Each monkey has gone through a quarantine period and all four are being slowly introduced to their outdoor ...

Perhaps it stole it from other birds, a behavior known as kleptoparasitism, or raided their nests. Alternatively, it may have taken on a more predatory role and snatched smaller birds out of the air ...