So unusual it barely looks real — a hammerhead worm stretched across pavement. And a reminder: never sever it. These invasive ...

Feb. 23 to March 1 marks Invasive Species Awareness Week. It serves as a reminder that protecting our natural spaces isn’t something we think about once a year. It’s an ongoing practice of attention ...

What about the creatures that make you pause mid-weeding, squint a little closer, and say, What on earth is that? Because increasingly, those strange sightings in our gardens aren’t just oddities.

Quick Take Flatworms are invasive species in many countries including Europe. Because they can reproduce asexually and are ...

Every ecosystem is shaped by billions of invisible battles: organisms competing for light, nutrients, space, or mates. These competitive interactions determine which species survive, how they evolve, ...

Christopher Lean receives funding from the Australian Government through the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (project number CE200100029). Andrew James Latham has been supported by a ...

On a late night in the Philippines, zoologist Terry Gosliner slipped into the waters of a sandy harbor, on the hunt for photos of octopus and other marine creatures. But as he swept his flashlight ...

Scientists described several new species this past year, including a tiny marsupial, a Himalayan bat, an ancient tree, a giant manta ray, a bright blue butterfly and a fairy lantern, to name a few.

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study. And the trend shows no sign of slowing with scientists predicting that the ...

While conservation efforts have bolstered the populations of many species considered to be threatened in 2025, many animal and plant species continue to dwindle in number, with some even going extinct ...