In a river of northeastern Brazil, an “armored” creature with “large” eyes paused to rest against a rock. The maze-like ...

Eelpouts are primarily bottom-dwelling species, found in deep trenches or around hydrothermal vents in some of the planet’s ...

Scientists have discovered a brand-new species of deep sea-dwelling fish, sporting a unique facial feature that led the team ...

In Madagascar, Africa’s first sturgeon farm is producing caviar – and it’s made its way into some of the most prestigious ...

This evidence comes from a nearly complete, 69-million-year-old skull of an extinct bird, named Vegavis iaai. The fossil is ...

A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Monday ... to continue protecting grizzly bears under the Endangered Species Act. "In light of the recent transition and the need for this Administr ...

See All Key Ideas Scientists and Indigenous community members documented 27 new-to-science species in Peru’s Alto Mayo region, including four new mammals and a bizarre “blob-headed” fish ...

Arguably the most famous are the Indri lemurs, whose haunting calls ring through the forests, and chameleons of Madagascar, which can range from the tiniest, almost invisible species right up ... to ...

A good time to reflect on things. An example is the status we give fish species. Not surprisingly trout are high on the list, understandable given the beauty of the fish (wild ones especially ...