A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

A psychedelic spider, sign of spring, a loud primate and more make Fauna & Flora’s 2026 Species to Watch List.

About 445 million years ago, Earth nearly wiped out life in the oceans. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...

Researchers at the University of Memphis used a free app to rediscover a species of beetle that was thought to be extinct.

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or degradation, climate change, forest fires, deforestation, and slash-and-burn and ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on ...

A team of scientists based in Brazil recently reported that they discovered a new species of Tinamou in the mountains of the ...

Researchers have successfully recovered intact RNA molecules from a woolly mammoth that died nearly 40,000 years ago in Siberia. It is the oldest RNA ever sequenced from an extinct vertebrate—and the ...

The study author says that's important as having a good understanding of species on earth is critical to conservation efforts ...

AUSTIN – Crews have finished their survey of two caves uncovered near the exit to Cesar Chavez and 5th Street, and found no endangered species living inside. In late October, work was stopped on part ...