Explore India's frog conservation efforts through citizen science and sanctuaries, highlighting their critical ecological ...

Geneticist Anne Brunet explores what aging really is, how lifestyle choices might influence longevity, and the promising frontiers of aging research. Aging is a process that affects us all. But how ...

Glittery sea worms and sea squirts fit for The Lord of the Rings universe might sound like pure fantasy, but they’re very real creatures living in the deep sea. Some of these otherworldly ocean ...

DNA is revealing that many animals once thought to be a single species may actually be several hidden ones. But research on ...

Researchers at the University of Warwick have extracted ancient DNA from sediment cores beneath the North Sea, detecting ...

Camels are masters of adaptation. Here’s how these animals evolved to survive the sand and glare while preserving crucial ...

Do the bones of all Nile crocodiles have the same number of growth marks as their age? And can such growth rings be counted to accurately gauge the age of these reptiles? Is this also an accurate ...

A new sea squirt species, Clavelina ossipandae, found near Japan. Nicknamed "skeleton panda sea squirt" for its panda-like markings. Formally described in 2024, its abundance in the wild is unknown.

Planting trees is a vital strategy to combat both climate change and the biodiversity crisis. As forests grow, they sponge ...

A few teeth, smaller than a grain of rice, are changing the map of your earliest primate relatives. They come from a creature called Purgatorius, a tiny tree-dwelling mammal that lived about 66 ...

What do we really know about how oviraptors—bird-like but flightless dinosaurs—hatched their eggs? Did they use environmental ...

The chain catshark may look like any other shark in daylight, but under blue light, its skin glows neon green. Here’s a breakdown of this remarkable adaptation.