In London, the Natural History Museum released its 2025 list of newly described species, formally adding 262 plants and ...

Sometimes I catch myself classifying birds into two categories: fancy and regular. Shame on me. This is a bad attitude, because all birds are gorgeous little creatures. But I fear, after all these ...

Five new animal species that camouflage themselves as excrement or bark reveal some of what still remains hidden in the world ...

A 67-million-year-old claw fossil reveals a new dinosaur species that may have used its hand spikes to snatch and pierce eggs ...

Many people are terrified of hornets, and for good reason—their potent, painful stings are extremely unpleasant and provide ...

Kelli Carroll, a zookeeper at the Lake Superior Zoo, introduces The Lift to the zoo’s blue-death feigning beetles.

Just what "neonics" are and whether the state should restrict their use to allow for bird and bee populations to rebound was ...

The plains bison is one of two surviving subspecies of American bison, adapted to grasslands that stretch across the northern Great Plains. Adult bulls commonly weigh between 1,500 and 2,000 pounds ...

Across Montana’s eastern plains, few sights register as strongly as a bison herd navigating open grassland. Although the ...

In Franklin Mountains State Park, infected bugs emerged from their typical wild refuges: rocky crevices, dry arroyos, and ...

Every year, scientists add thousands of new names to the great book of life. This momentum was initiated by the work of ...

In a groundbreaking move with international significance, insects—specifically stingless bees from the Peruvian Amazon—have ...