New research has discovered 16 new desert grasshopper species, revealing their Ice Age-driven isolation and diversification.

Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of ...

Study finds that birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent, suggesting that this "hidden" phenomenon provides enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship.

As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.

In a darkened forest of central Colombia, a 2-foot-long mammal climbed a tree and paused to rest its “completely spiny” body.

Roughly half a million years ago, a group of armadillo-like mammals, horses, and sloths met their end in a sinkhole in what ...

Penguin Penguins are flightless birds predominantly found in the Southern Hemisphere, with one species, the Galápagos penguin ...