From polygamous tree toads to heavy stick bugs, this year’s extensive new species discoveries are changing the way we see our ...

Utah biologists have characterized D. woaabi, the first of two nematode species recently discovered in the lake’s ...

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be disturbed or harmed by deep-sea mining.

Far below the ocean’s surface, in a remote stretch of the Pacific between Hawaii and Mexico, scientists have mapped 788 ...

Animals have evolved to sleep in extreme ways — for example, taking micro naps during parenting, sleeping on the wing during ...

Part of the ocean known as the upper twilight zone is one of the least-explored ecosystems on Earth because it’s so difficult ...

Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of ...

Giant phantom jelly sightings are extremely rare, but recent footage shows this extraordinary deep-sea jellyfish in all its ...

Scientists already knew that the pair of shallow coastal ocean dwellers keep very different schedules of downtime: The ...

And all three promise to do yet groundbreaking research as they pursue Ph.D.s in England, with the expectation that they will advance expert understanding in their fields and help shape U.S. or global ...

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...