A spotted skunk doing its signature handstand. Credit: (c) Jerry W. Dragoo Redesignating an endangered subspecies as a separate species could help it get protected.…
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Mosasaurs are a group of marine reptiles that would have lived in the Cretaceous Period. Credit: Thomas Miller (c) / Badlands Natural History Association Researchers…
Newly described Schneider’s marmoset. Credit: Rodrigo Costa-Araújo “Schneider’s marmoset” is found in the highly threatened, but little-studied forests of Mato Grosso State. team of scientists…
The tiny beetle Triamyxa coprolithica is the first-ever insect to be described from fossil feces. Credit: Qvarnström et al. The tiny beetle Triamyxa coprolithica is…
Ecological reconstruction of giant rhinos and their accompanying fauna in the Linxia Basin during the Oligocene. Credit: Yu Chen The giant rhino, Paraceratherium, is considered the…
A new species of large prehistoric croc that roamed south-east Queensland’s waterways millions of years ago has been documented by University of Queensland researchers. PhD…
Oculudentavis naga, as depicted in this artist’s reconstruction, was a bizarre lizard that researchers initially struggled to categorize. They are still unsure of its exact…
The raucous calls of tree hyraxes — small, herbivorous mammals — reverberate through the night in the forests of West and Central Africa, but their…
In a new study, an international team led by Sebastian Stumpf from the University of Vienna describes a fossil skeleton of an ancient shark, which…
E. issunboushi. Credit: Toba Aquarium In the Kumano Sea, off the southeast coast of Japan, an evolutionary mystery lay in wait. Researchers collected samples from…
Life reconstruction of the new Cretaceous fossil turtle species Pleurochayah appalachius from the Arlington Archosaur Site in the Woodbine Group of Texas. Credit: Brent Adrian/Midwestern…
Pluridens would have reached up to eight meters long. Credit: Andrey Atuchin Scientists have identified the fossil of a giant mosasaur in Morocco that grew…
Life reconstruction of Sahonachelys mailakavava, preying upon tadpoles of the giant Madagascan frog Beelzebufo ampinga using specialized suction feeding. Credit: Artwork by Andrey Atuchin A…
A view of the head of Strumigenys ayersthey. A newly discovered miniature trap jaw ant from the evergreen tropical forests of Ecuador bears the curious…
Fragment of the anterior end of an individual living worm (Ramisyllis multicaudata) dissected out of its host sponge. Bifurcation of the gut can be seen…
Illustration showing how the three new species of fossil cloud rats might have looked. Credit: © Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum Fluffy rodents twice the size…
The amphibious Scolopendra alcyona Tsukamoto & Shimano inhabits streamside environments, deep in the forests of the Ryukyu Archipelago. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Godly proportions for…
Carolina hawkmoth (Manduca sexta) feeding from white Mimulus mutant in flight chamber. Credit: Byers and Bradshaw, 2021 Research into the flower preferences of pollinating moths…
The new species was discovered in the dunes on Lista in Farsund municipality. Credit: Arnstein Staverløkk, NINA, CC BY3.0 A brand new species of parasitic…
Artist’s impression showing one eagle shark. Credit: © Oscar Sanisidro Introducing a “bizarre” shark from the Late Cretaceous that, more than 66 million years ago,…