You know about celebrity perfume lines. You’ve probably seen a famous face on a tequila bottle. But celebrity parasitic worms ...

Scientists discover thousands of new species every year, and a surprising number of those creatures end up named after pop ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

Invasive species hitchhike in unusual ways, and many might even be hopping in your suitcase or on your cruise ship.

These 20 animals are so strange they look like science fiction creations, but they’re completely real. Nature is far more bizarre than you think.

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Roughly 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out to identify and name every living organism on Earth. He described more than 10,000 species of plants and animals prior to his death, per ...

Earth’s vertebrate diversity may be far richer than anyone realized. A sweeping analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every known fish, bird, reptile, amphibian, or mammal species, there ...

The giant anteater is one of those animals that almost looks designed by imagination rather than evolution. With its elongated snout, sweeping bushy t.

In the current study, the scientists observed new behaviors during a series of mirror test experiments, a widely used method ...

They are hunted for their unique scales, and the demand makes them the most trafficked mammal in the world. Wildlife ...

Scientists found five hidden species using color, mimicry, and clever camouflage to avoid detection.