A major new study finds the pace of biological discovery is accelerating, not slowing down, and estimates Earth may harbor ...

A University of Arizona study finds scientists are discovering 16,000 new species annually — and DNA tools may reveal ...

Scientists say Earth could contain billions of undiscovered species, and new DNA tools may accelerate discoveries faster than ever.

Scientists discover thousands of new species every year, and a surprising number of those creatures end up named after pop ...

Roughly 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out to identify and name every living organism on Earth. He described more than 10,000 species of plants and animals prior to his death, per ...

Scientists are naming new species after celebrities-and some choices may surprise you.

Insects on roads face immense pressure from vehicles. Yet, some beetles surprisingly survive these encounters. Their survival ...

Scientists say a Chinese fossil site offers the first major look at life after the Sinsk mass extinction.

The studies revealed a rich array of life forms, including insects, arthropods, fish, reptiles, birds, mammals, plants and even microorganisms, many of which have not been formally documented in ...

Brazil's Butantan Institute identified a new mite larvae, Araneothrombium brasiliensis, feeding on a spider in a museum ...

According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...

The world’s nations committed to halving overall threats to biodiversity from pesticides and other highly hazardous chemicals by 2030 at the 15th United Nations Biodiversity Conference in 2022. But ...