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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...