On Sudest Island in southern Papua New Guinea, researchers identified a new snake species named Aspidomorphus dimorphus after a research assistant was bitten by it in 2004. This snake, found in the ...

The new reptile species had previously been thought to belong to the American crocodile, which has a widespread range.

Thousands of feet up on a mountain in Nepal sat a “large”-headed creature with spiny skin. Its remote home and general appearance largely helped it go unnoticed and, when occasionally found, be ...

A: Nutria (or coypu) are like gophers on steroids.

State Parks inspectors at Beals Point found the bivalves on a boat, which will be decontaminated and quarantined.

[Photo by Zhao Chuang/For China Daily] Chinese scientists have identified two new dinosaur species in Northeast China, shedding light on the evolution of small, feathered theropods and the remarkable ...

Last week, the province tabled an omnibus bill it says is aimed at speeding up new mining projects. As part of that bill, the government eyes immediate changes to the Endangered Species Act ...

Two new species of small fish were discovered in creeks outside the Birmingham metropolitan area in Alabama, according to a new study. Photo from Fouad Abou-Rizk “Brilliantly” colored fish ...

Researchers at the Centre for Peninsular Aquatic Genetic Resources, Kochi, of the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources claimed to have discovered two new species of freshwater fish from the ...

A new species of carnivorous caterpillar calls a ... bits of fly wing and pieces of beetle wing and abdomen. Rubinoff said the somewhat gruesome outfit means that when a spider comes across ...

The research team just published a 300-page article including the descriptions of 46 new species of microsnails from Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The findings are published in ...