Utah’s Great Salt Lake has just yielded a new resident, a microscopic animal that no one had ever documented there before.

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

Dogs are known as man’s best friend, but they’re far from the only animal that can be amusing. After all, there are millions ...

Locating these millipedes took real physical effort. Scientists scaled tall rock formations within Pha Daeng Cave to reach ...

Bigger doesn't necessarily mean stronger says Ben Garrod. In fact its the smaller animals that have the strongest skeletons ...

Antarctica is known for being a rather inhospitable place, what with its extreme cold, violent winds, and low levels of water – it is technically a desert. Much of continent also sits at high altitude ...

The creature Dek vowed to kill in the opening scene is one of the largest and most terrifying predators roaming Genna, but to ...

Humans have spent centuries shaping the world. But nature wouldn’t hesitate to take over if we suddenly disappeared.

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