Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has officially been named, and unlike most species descriptions tucked quietly into academic journals, this one belongs to the internet. After more than 8,000 ...

Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...

Insect taxonomist Art Borkent has described and named more than 300 species of midges but fears his field of science is dying out, despite millions of insects, fungi and other organisms waiting to be ...

Scientists estimate we’ve identified somewhere around one-tenth of all species on Earth — meaning for every species with a name, roughly nine more are waiting in an unsampled river or an unexplored ...

These moves, by both institutions and citizens, are part of a relatively recent global reckoning with the dark side of the ...

A yellow disk with rays of white—an icon of childhood drawings and a flower with healing properties. We have picnics on it, ...

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...

The federal government is awarding up to $144 million in contracts to several universities and other research teams to study age-related illnesses and healthy longevity.

The musculoskeletal system is an organ system comprising the bones, muscles and connective tissues (including cartilage, tendons and ligaments) that bind tissues and organs together. The main ...