Scientists discover orange toad species so tiny it can fit on pencil tip - Scientists call for immediate conservation efforts ...

An international team discovered new types of butterflies that lay hidden in plain sight at the Natural History Museum.

Only 1.5 centimeters in length on average, these new jellyfish have 24 eyes located in four sensory organs, which together ...

This teeny tiny amphibian was found hopping through the cloud forests of southern Brazil. Learn more about the conservation ...

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the ...

Despite the vast numbers of animal species already identified, the natural world is still capable of springing a few ...

There are roughly 2.5 million known species on the planet, but scientists estimate that's only a fraction of the biodiversity on Earth. A new study shows we're finding new species like never before.

Most sea sponges are simple, yet ancient, animals that live in coral reef ecosystems. They feed by passively filtering ocean water, taking in microscopic debris such as bacteria, plankton, and other ...

An entomologist at Anglia Ruskin University has discovered seven new species of leafhopper. A researcher at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England has identified seven previously unknown ...

Scientists reveal Priocharax rex, a tiny Amazonian fish with a strange skin “wing” that redefines evolution in miniature.

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close ...

Scientists found a new species of fairy plant in Malaysia, Thismia selangorensis, that is already critically endangered.