The discovery of Ichthyophis yangi, a limbless caecilian amphibian, is the second known species of its kind in the country and the first unstriped species of Ichthyophis found in China, according to a ...

Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater species are at risk of extinction due to a multitude of threats, according to new research.

The new species was found in the Beibu Gulf off the southern coast of China. The research team includes Yichuan Zhang, Yuting ...

Lake Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya is becoming increasingly unnavigable. Water hyacinth, the world's most widespread ...

The US approves Jove Solar's 600-megawatt project in Arizona, set to power 180,000 homes and advance clean energy development ...

Despite all the research done over the years, new animal species are being found every year, 2024 included. Here are a few of ...

Acanthopsaron striatum and Pteropsaron flavissimum are new species of signalfish, a group of bottom-dwelling fish typically ...

Evolution has perfected the world’s sharks and rays for more than 420 million years. Unlike the ammonites or pterosaurs that ...

The research team's finding completely contradicts the typical understanding of how mating and sexual selection works in many species.

China is the world's top fish consumer and is spending billions on technology designed to restock the oceans. But will this ...

Another of 2024's mysterious plant discoveries made by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, was a species of rattan ...

In November, a student-led project made a disturbing discovery : Mesyatsev Island, a floating slab of ice previously observed ...