They say just 0.001 percent of the deep ocean has been directly observed, representing a speck on our planet that’s just larger than Rhode Island. It’s hardly surprising, then, that when we do take a ...

A faunal survey in Kerala's Vazhachal adds 26 new species to the wildlife checklist, showcasing the region's rich biodiversity.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Shakira wasp is a parasite of caterpillars, feeding and developing inside them and causing them to bend and twist their abdomens in a distinctive way, which reminded lead author Scott Shaw and ...

A team of researchers working in China’s Hunan province has unearthed more than 50,000 fossil specimens from one small quarry, identifying 91 previously unknown species that lived approximately 512 ...

Now, fossils pulled from a single quarry in southern China are revealing what life looked like in the aftermath — and the discovery is rewriting what scientists know about one of the earliest chapters ...