The study, led by Dr Jake Brooker, found that both species consoled their peers at similar rates, with the greatest variation actually occurring within each species. This challenges long-held ...

Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival is a signature event that showcases the imaginative and inventive spirit of RIT students. The 2025 festival will be on Saturday, April 26. Per the RIT ...

Deemed the northern snakehead fish (Channa argus) because of its unforgettable head that resembles a snake and its python-like coloration and pattern, MDC Invasive Species Ecologist Angela ...

“Our team has discovered a new fossil ant species representing the earliest undisputable geological record of ants,” Anderson Lepeco, a study co-author and paleontologist from the Museu de ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is proposing a change to the Endangered Species Act that environmental groups say will kneecap habitat protection and lead to extinction of vulnerable ...

A new species of carnivorous caterpillar calls a counterintuitive place home: a spider’s lair. The species, dubbed the “bone collector” by the University of Hawaii scientists who discovered ...

In a landmark shift, a new study has found that climate change is now the most pervasive human-caused threat to imperiled species in the United States, surpassing other long-standing hazards like ...

The fossil species, which has been named Vulcanidris cratensis, had scythe-like jaws that it likely used to pin or impale prey. “I was just shocked to see that weird projection in front of this ...

Environmental groups are raising concerns about newly tabled Ontario legislation that they say will be "catastrophic" for wildlife and weaken government protections for "species that are the ...

A bird lover has walked 53 miles dressed in a homemade costume to raise awareness for one of Great Britain’s most iconic and threatened birds. Matt Trevelyan, 46, walked the distance dressed as ...

Writing in Zootaxa, Kraus said he found a number of “large” snakes with white chins, and set about comparing them to the species then recognised by science. His discovery came shortly after ...

Yale researchers have discovered two new species of darter — small, colorful freshwater fishes — inhabiting short stretches of creeks and streams in central Alabama. And they already know that both ...