"The evolutionary history of the genus is quite complex, with numerous examples of hybridization between species and a shared whole-genome duplication event that make comparisons difficult," Ma said.

"Genus" as a term refers to the group within which multiple species exist. For example, dogs, foxes, wolves and a number of other dog-like creatures all belong to the same genus, called canis ...

Discoveries in East Africa of what may be the oldest expertly sharpened stone implements suggest that early members of the human genus ... those were the oldest examples of cutting and digging ...

A new genus of tiny, hornless deer that lived in ... the deer -- was discovered at Badlands in 2016. "It's a really neat example with this paper to be able to highlight citizen science, because ...

Therefore, Tschopp and colleagues have concluded that it is now possible to resurrect Brontosaurus as a genus distinct from Apatosaurus. "It's the classic example of how science works," said ...

For example, in recent decades ... In their latest study, the scientist described a new wasp genus, Capitojoppa, to science. The Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in Peru has often been ...

No one could say. Giovanni Serafino Volta, a naturalist who worked to identify other fish, classified it within the genus Pegasus, which lumped it in with seamoths. Since that time, others in the ...

Ovicula biradiata, as it is formally known, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. The findings were published last week in the peer-reviewed ...

It may be one of the most famous dinosaurs of all time. The trouble is that shortly after being discovered, the Jurassic creature fell into an identity crisis. The name for the long-necked, heavy ...