Researchers retrieved reef monitoring devices that had been placed in deep coral reefs in Guam. The devices were placed up to 330 feet below the surface.

A small fossil reveals that the largest freshwater fish, Otophysans, emerged in the sea, not in rivers, changing the ...

For nearly 150 years, herpetologists have recognized a quirky group of Madagascar chameleons by one unmistakable feature: a long, pointed “nose.” That dramatic snout earned them the nickname ...

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in ...

New species of aquatic mite in Portuguese rivers, Torrenticola galaica, reveals the existence of hidden predators.

Scientific divers have navigated a series of treacherous dives more than 330 feet deep in an attempt to unravel the mysteries of deep ocean reefs. They’re finding new species — and evidence of both cl ...

A plant that looks like a fungus, lives like a parasite, and clones itself in the dark—Balanophora may be one of evolution’s ...

Scientists have discovered that Madagascar’s iconic Pinocchio chameleon is actually a distinct species now named Calumma ...

An evolutionary "trap" has haunted crested and marbled newts for 25 million years: Leiden researchers have uncovered a mysterious DNA error that should not be able to arise—yet persists all the same.

The slaty-masked tinamou, recently discovered in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry. By Joe Trezza Rotund, ground-dwelling and unafraid of humans to ...

When scientists discover a new species, they usually name it after the creature’s most notable characteristic. So why did a group of scientists recently name a newly discovered genus of tarantulas ...

A new fish species has officially been named Vanderhorstia Supersaiyan, and yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like: a nod to Goku’s Super Saiyan transformation from Dragon Ball Z. Goku going Super ...