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.

[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 ...

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 ...

A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island. Measuring as long as 4 feet, 8 inches, the Dendrelaphis anthracina ...

His discovery came shortly after: what he was looking at was an entirely new species altogether. This stunning serpent is a common tree snake. Found in both forested and urban areas along the ...

As many as six new species of Sericinae bettle have been discovered by ... underscoring the exceptional biodiversity of northeast India and Western Ghats. The newly identified beetle species are ...

Researchers at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum at NUS’ Faculty of Science announced the discovery of a new species of mirid, or plant bug, Campylomma singapura, in a research paper ...