Schiedea waiahuluensis, a newly discovered species from Hawaii in the carnation family, is likely the first plant to be ...

A species is a distinct group of organisms and the most basic unit used to measure life on Earth. However, there’s no single definition of a species, meaning this vital concept in biology can be ...

Oct. 10, 2024 — They say that hindsight is 20/20, and though the theory of ecological speciation -- which holds that new species emerge in response to ecological changes -- seems to hold in ...

Oak (genus Quercus), comprising approximately 469 species of ornamental and timber trees and shrubs in the beech family ...

I learned their taxonomies — the kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Some of these animals exhibited parasitism: In order to survive, they’d latch onto a host organism ...

Recent discoveries of creatures highlight the ongoing exploration and identification of new species, such as eight-eyed spiders and dragon-like lizards in India. These events not only expand our ...

A new study shows that the patchwork of different ecosystems found in mountainous regions played a key role in the evolution of humans.

Tens of thousands of species of earthworms are likely to be wriggling in the world’s soil, yet to be discovered by scientists – which will probably take more than 100 years to do. Earthworms ...

a bonnethead shark in the hammerhead genus. After DNA testing in 2017 revealed that there was likely another species of shark previously classified as part of the bonnethead species, a research ...

Why it's awesome: Antechinuses are little marsupials about the size of gerbils with a bizarre reproductive system: the males have sex until they die from organ failure. There are 15 species of ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of "ghost shark" that exclusively lives in the deep waters surrounding Australia and New Zealand. The Australasian narrow-nosed spookfish has a long ...

Recent discoveries of creatures highlight the ongoing exploration and identification of new species, such as eight-eyed spiders and dragon-like lizards in India. These events not only expand our ...