Throughout history, humans have often believed they fully understood the world around them. You could travel back 500 years, ...

Symbiosis is the long-term relationship between two different species that can sometimes be beneficial to both parties. These ...

There are twelve species of true foxes in the world, and they live in a wide range of habitats, on every continent except Antarctica. They vary widely in size and appearance. One of the most striking ...

A recent expedition into the forests of Madagascar found 21 examples of species that had been considered lost to science, including the first documented sighting of an approximately 10-inch-long ...

A frog species known since 1838 may actually be several different species, according to a new genetic study of Southeast Asia’s “fanged frogs.” ...

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

An interdisciplinary group of researchers is proposing a new way to think of some interactions between species, classifying a variety of plants, animals and fungi as "nature's chefs." Specifically, ...

An in-depth analysis reveals that for each identified vertebrate species, there may be two others, nearly identical in appearance but genetically distinct. Scientists have long classified ...

Before native species can be returned to their former ranges, conservationists must first know where these former habitats ...

Intact ecosystems have the capacity for self-regulation, which keeps their complex structure of species—such as animals, plants, fungi and bacteria—in balance. For example, when the population of a ...