Poachers use scientific papers to target newly discovered species
Scientists are pushing the non-publication of geographical data of new species in order to protect them from poachers.
View ArticleGrand study finds that diversity of life on Earth dropped below “safe” limits
Less species, more problems.
View ArticleThe American pika is being killed off by climate change
They may be the cutest animal in the country, but we're cooking the d'awww out of them.
View ArticleSelective wipe out of large marine species sets the stage for an...
Large marine species are favorably lost which could disrupt marine ecosystems for millions of years.
View ArticleNewly discovered moth species features Trump hairdo
A tiny moth species has been named Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, becoming the first species to bear the name of the US president elect.
View ArticleHalf of the world’s species could become extinct by 2100, biologists say at...
Welcome to the planet's sixth major extinction -- take a seat.
View ArticleSleeping around makes it hard to speciate by mixing genes, paper shows
I don't even want to speciate.
View ArticleScientists report new trove of information on Homo naledi, the newly...
A primitive Homo species with some surprising skills.
View ArticleA lost race of hominids left their legacy in the saliva of Sub-Saharan...
Unlikely discoveries hide in unlikely places.
View ArticleRarest songbird species turns out to be even rarer than thought — because it...
So rare there's not one of them.
View ArticleCommon jellyfish is actually two distinct species
It took us 175 years to spot the difference.
View Article“Ecological air conditioning” keeps species cool for now, but it won’t last
Bad news. Bad, bad news.
View ArticleTwo raven lineages that tied the knot yield evidence of ‘speciation reversal’
Birds of a feather... merge together.
View ArticleIn dolphin gangs, everybody knows everyone’s name
It's just what the early humans were doing.
View ArticleClimate change will become the leading cause of vertebrate-species loss by 2070
Things are heating up.
View ArticleNew Antarctic Dinosaurs on Display at Field Museum
It's a great way to spend an afternoon or a day off.
View ArticleBacteria species, too, can become extinct — and they do so quite often
The findings go against commonly-held wisdom today.
View ArticleNew species of crocodile found in Africa right under our snout
It's the first species of crocodile formally described in more than 80 years.
View ArticleNanotyrannus and the Skeptical Criteria for Species
A historical example of how classifying a species can sometimes be very confusing.
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