Seventeen new species of plant bugs—a group of insects with a strawlike mouth used to feed on plant and animal matter—have ...

Loki, Han Solo and Catwoman. The study, published in Zootaxa, nearly doubles the known species of this type of wasp and ...

New gall wasp species named after famous thieves and tricksters reveal fresh insights into their roles and ecosystems.

The smallest vertebrates so far discovered are the flea-toads, which live at the limit for how small any vertebrate can ...

Brachycephalus dacnis is the seventh species of flea toad to be identified and is slightly larger than only one closely ...

Meta's plans for an AI data center running on nuclear power were complicated partly by the discovery of a rare bee species ...

Decades ago, Shigeyuki Yamato scanned the shallow coastal waters of southeastern Japan and saw something stand out from the ...

Alongside a national flag, anthem and coat of arms, most countries have one or more plant and animal species that they ...

The newest Wyoming dinosaur, an Ardetosaurus viator which was discovered near Shell, had to cross an ocean and go through a ...

A new snake species discovered in the Himalayas has been named after Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio to honour the actor and ...

In the mountain forests of Vietnam, two creatures use their bodies to blend in with the leaves and branches — stick insects.

Anguiculus dicaprioi sounds like a phrase from a 'Harry Potter' movie, but it is the moniker of a new snake species named ...