The modern coelacanth is a famous "living fossil," long thought to have died out, but first fished out of deep waters in the ...

There have long been five acknowledged living species of bettong: the boodie, the woylie, the northern bettong, the rufous ...

The first is what we generally call a woylie: Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi, a living species found in Western Australia. The ...

Nicolás Rascován, a geneticist at the Pasteur Institute in France who was not involved with the research but did help ...

New research shows that while many species have disappeared, extinctions of genera are very rare across plants and animals.

The world's largest lizards, descendants of prehistoric reptiles, exhibit remarkable adaptations. From the Komodo dragon, a ...

“The number of distinct origins for myrmecophagy was certainly surprising, as was the discovery that their origins seem to ...

Frog hunting entices Hoosier youth with headlamps, swamps and spears. In turn, kids can help put food on the table.

Our analyses suggest ancient sharks were probably benthic – meaning they lived on or close to the sea floor. Pelagic sharks ...

For decades, scientists thought the noncoding parts of DNA were useless leftovers. Today, that view has completely changed.

Every living species on Earth has a unique geographical range, with some being widespread and others being very narrow. Several factors shape a ...

From whales to clams and sharks, discover the longest living animals on Earth that can survive for hundreds or even thousands ...