Researchers studying crustaceans in Vietnam have identified a new "supergiant" sea bug species that bears a surprising resemblance to a classic movie villain. Deep-sea sea bugs, or the Bathynomus ...

The zoo is also preparing to welcome more than a dozen new animal species once the expansion is complete. “It’s an especially exciting time for all the keepers,” Hamilton said.

Scallop fishers in the Bay of Fundy are keeping an eye out for a creamy-white species that grows on the ... who is also a PhD student at the University of New Brunswick and a part-time lobster ...

A new caddisfly species, Tinodes lumbardhi, was discovered in Kosovo's Bjeshkët e Nemuna National Park, highlighting the area's rich biodiversity and urgent conservation needs.

Reproductive organs aside, Newcastle funnel-webs are generally the largest of the three species. This species was named A. christenseni after Kane Christensen, an arachnophile from the Australian ...

Dinosaur fossils discovered by paleontologists working with the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been determined to be the oldest-known fossils, presenting evidence that the species was in ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

A faunal survey in the Munnar Wildlife Division has led to the addition of 24 new species of birds, butterflies, and odonates to its checklist. The exercise, undertaken by the Forest department in ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% of species in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of fish, crab and ...

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur based on depictions of the now-destroyed specimen from the Bahariya Formation in Egypt. The ...

Tuber cumberlandense and T. canirevelatum , two new edible Tuber species from eastern North America discovered by truffle-hunting dogs. Mycologia , 2024; 116 (6): 949 DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2024. ...

Sierra Leone has recalled its ambassador from neighbouring Guinea after seven suitcases containing suspected cocaine were found in an embassy vehicle. On Monday, Guinean authorities impounded a ...