
How the mouth of grasshoppers resembles that of mammals
New research by paleobiologists at the University of Leicester has identified startling similarities between grasshopper…
New research by paleobiologists at the University of Leicester has identified startling similarities between grasshopper…
image: Male snakehead guarding his fry. to see Continued Credit: Valter Weijola Fish rarely feed…
The Earth’s biodiversity is approaching another grim milestone. Plants that humans no longer need are…
Human activity helps some plants and harms others, but it harms far more than it…
Researchers have classified more than 80,000 plant species around the world and found that most…
Bashanosaurus primitivus is the earliest record of Stegosauria from Asia and represents one of the…
A recently discovered extinct duck may hold the key to dating other ancient finds in…
Meet Charlie, an incredibly rare half-male, half-female stick insect that recently wowed scientists at the…
A passion for the natural world drives many of our adventures. And when we’re not…
Filipino marine biologists Sheldon Rey Boco and Serafin Geson III are part of the team…
This story is the story of Earth – how the planet went from a rock…
Since emerging on the world stage, the virus that causes COVID-19 has infected hundreds of…
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust in Bath plans to host Dr. Danielle Frechette, biologist with the…
Studying the sensory organs of a 100 million year old cockroach offers new insights into…
primaryNext weekend, the National Museum of Natural History publishes its annual winter count of garden…
Imagine looking up at a sky so full of birds that they block out the…
January 21, 2022 Over the Christmas holidays, I had the incredible opportunity to travel…
Unique adventures along the Central CoastMorro Bay, California – Morro Bay is a nature lover’s…
RENO, Nevada (AP) — First, the beer was named after the fossil.Now it’s come full…
Camera traps at the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary showed the presence of around 20 mammals,…
Richard Leakey, a paleoanthropologist, environmentalist and Kenyan political leader, died on January 2 at his…
There’s a glittering hummingbird in mid-flight, a flamingo nestled in its feathers, and a loggerhead…
From a city-specific bird race to the Asian waterbird census: As annual bird migrations accelerate,…
BOGOTA: Rising over 250 feet above the forest floor, California redwoods are the largest living…
I carry with me the optimism of “Back to the Future” at the start of…
Our planet’s convoluted life evolutionary history has spawned countless weird and wonderful creatures, but none…
In 2020, amateur paleontologist Kerry Rees contacted the Angela Marmont Center at the Natural History…
An artistic representation of “the dragon man”. [Photo/Agencies] A well-preserved skull, colloquially known as the…
Head lice found on ancient mummies contain more DNA than a tooth, scientists say, who…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Researchers in Louisiana have identified 14 new species of shrews on…
Falling temperatures over the past week have created an environment for more birds to arrive…
Heading to New York this week of vacation? An exhibit dedicated to sharks and Cape…
The skull of the first giant creature to ever live on Earth, the ichthyosaur “Cymbospondylus…
The two-meter skull of a newly discovered species of giant ichthyosaur, the oldest known, sheds…
The collection is also used for conservation awareness. College faculty and staff often bring beaver…
The Pacific Northwest is home to a group of rare species you’ve probably never heard…
Humans are quite unique among life on Earth. As far as we know, we are…
An international team of scientists examined 1,368 shrew specimens from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi…
Several bizarre-looking deep-sea fish have mysteriously washed up on California beaches this year, leaving marine…
Let me continue my copy of my alumni magazine, “CALIFORNIA, fall 2021”: Starting with the…
You could call it an unfortunate misunderstanding. Its impact, however, is as vast as the…
Creatures from the deep reach the shores of San Diego. For most of us, this…
The past 20 years have witnessed four deadly coronavirus outbreaks: SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome,…
Eels were once so abundant they were considered a pest, but today the ancient creature…
A museum in Switzerland presents same-sex relationships in the animal kingdom in a new exhibition.The…
New Delhi: Ongoing study of camera traps at Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary to learn about…
The specter of humans, however, is never far away. In some of our photographers’ most…
The age of mammals, a mural by Rudolph F. Zallinger. Photo: © 2016 Peabody Museum…
Over a year after starting their project, they had enough data to realize that their…
You wouldn’t want to meet an ichthyosaur while taking a bath early Cretaceous seas. This…
Through Christina Larson, Associated Press Updated: 2 hours ago Posted: 2 hours agoThis photo shows…
Locked in his home during the pandemic last year, a postgraduate student in the Himalayan…
PACIFIC GROVE – Nestled within the massive $ 1,000 billion infrastructure bill that President Joe…
From the past 50,000 years to the past 6,000 years, some of the world’s largest…
THE world is definitely facing an emergency. The current vicious cycle of biodiversity disaster and…
Scientists have often invited the public to see what they see, using everything from engraved…
A ghostly squid with huge iridescent fins and funky elbows in its tentacles is rarely…
A team of scientists have identified an additional force that likely contributed to a mass…
Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 | 4:05 p.m. Updated 5 hours ago PACIFIC GROVE,…
November 17, 2021 Round-trip transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between humans and other mammals increases the risk…
Monarch butterflies have made an impressive return to their winter resting place in California, after…
image: Modernized steel storage at the Institute of Biodiversity and the University of Kansas Museum…
DNA can be extracted from fossils, expert revealsAbout 88 years ago, an almost intact giant…
A captive zoo armadillo.Sebastian Kahnert / DPA / ZUMA This story was originally published by…
In the 19th century, the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who developed the theory of…
image: The model predicted a high zoonotic capacity for macaques, which are commonly traded and…
November 17, 2021IN THE FIELD OF epidemiology, an “spillover” is a virus that has jumped…
AHMEDABAD: Bird watchers in Gujarat had reason to rejoice when, for the third year in…
November 15, 2021 – An international team of scientists from the United States, France, Australia…