South Australia authorities are hunting an escaped red-whiskered bulbul, a tropical songbird now on the state's "most wanted" ...

A news release from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign describes the day that researcher Benjamin Van Doren encountered a brown-backed solitaire — normally found in mountain forests of Mexico ...

Scientists have identified a brand-new species of worm living in the Great Salt Lake, marking only the third known animal group able to survive its extreme salinity. The species, named ...

Toukana is already working on the next update, with an additional level that introduces yet more aliens and mechanics currently being tested in the game's beta branch. If you fancy checking that and ...

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...

Long before big cats, terror birds reigned as apex predators. Here’s how these flightless birds hunted, and why they went ...

It may look, and smell, foul — but this spider marks the latest exciting discovery in a string of new species found in the past year.

The Long Island district agreed to change its team name last year in order to comply with state regulations banning Native ...

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The natural world is full of animals that seem to defy logic, blurring the line between reality and imagination. Some look ...

More than 50 years have passed, and one prominent researcher into the Loch Ness Monster has had a change of heart about the existence of the creature. Adrian Shine has lived most of his life ...