A recent study from Oregon State University estimated that more than 3,500 animal species are at risk of extinction because of factors including habitat alterations, natural resources being ...

Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study by anthropologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the ...

Explainable AI was particularly valuable in validating the predictions. The Grad-CAM and Class Activation Mapping methods ...

Every day, new species discoveries make big headlines in the news, but scientists are also realizing just how many “undiscovered” species are hiding in plain sight. These species lie buried within ...

Taxonomy, or the naming of species, is surprisingly complicated – and contentious. It doesn't take much scientific expertise to divide lions from tigers, or pigeons from flamingos, but details count ...

Are species constructs of the human mind? -- Why is there a species problem? -- Is the biological species a class or is it an individual? -- What are traits in taxonomy? -- Diversity within the ...

Learn about the new deep-sea species discovered in the Southern Ocean, including a "death-ball" sponge that uses a deadly ...

A giant rat species, long considered lost to science, has been rediscovered alive in the remote Papua mountains after a ...

Jordan Peele’s latest horror movie, Nope, introduced audiences to a new monster. Jean Jacket is the alien being hovering over Haywood Ranch and Jupiter’s Claim. Peele based Jean Jacket on real ...