A fossil of a new crab species reveals the itsy-bitsy crustaceans inhabited towering sponge reefs during the Jurassic Period, where they made tasty snacks for ichthyosaurs and other ancient reptiles. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

A new genus and species of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic has been discovered in Antarctica. The massive plant-eating primitive sauropodomorph is called Glacialisaurus hammeri and lived about 190 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Scientists exploring one of the largest remaining blocks of tropical forest in Western Africa discovered significant populations of new, rare and threatened species underscoring the area’s high biological diversity and value. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Researchers found a new species of sea anemone living in the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean and in the most unlikely location - a whale carcass. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An Indian zoologist said Monday he has found a new species of limbless lizard in a forested area in the country's east.

Looks like a snake to me. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A new species of flying fox or fruit bat has been discovered on an island south of Manila. The orange-coloured bat with a distinctive white-stripped face was discovered in a protected wildlife area on Mindoro Island. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

One of what may be the first-known population of vegetarian spiders. The herbivores live on acacia trees in Mexico and steal leafy snacks, such as the tree nubbin this spider holds, from their ant neighbors. picked by aFROMoshi 1 week ago

Scientists document findings in effort to better track populations. picked by Neiako 1 year ago

A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay for £20 has discovered that it belongs to a previously unknown species of aphid. picked by AutumnLotus 5 hours ago

An expedition to Brazil's Cerrado has turned up more than a dozen undiscovered species. Conservationists say the discoveries add urgency to protecting the grassland habitat which is rapidly being converted for agriculture. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Two potentially new species of sea anemones have been discovered. Stephen Jewett, a professor of marine biology and the dive leader on the expedition, says that these are "walking" or "swimming" anemones because they move across the seafloor as they feed. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

A new study at the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates five of nine "relic" populations of what biologists had believed were greenback cutthroat trout actually were Colorado River cutthroat trout, a closely related subspecies... picked by DrNothing 12 months ago

Gorgeous pictures of top california State parks picked by myrthachang 1 year ago

Few modern animals are as deserving of the title “living fossil” as the lowly horseshoe crab. Seemingly unchanged since before the Age of Dinosaurs, these venerable sea creatures can now claim a history that reaches back almost half-a billion years. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

The previously unknown, squirrel-size species is the world's largest known elephant shrew and the only new species from the group to be discovered in more than a century. picked by MandolinOrange 7 months ago

He may be small but this little big cat has some huge hopes resting on him. Conservationists believe the tiny South China Tiger cub could help to save his species from extinction. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Wednesday announced the discovery of 11 new animal and plant species in a remote area of central Vietnam. Scientists have found a snake, five orchids, two butterflies and three other plants new to science and exclusive to the Annamites Mountain Range. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

This site has lots of information on thousands of different species of animal. This sites great. Who knew there was a Brown-headed cowbird. lol picked by pjanaway 1 year ago

A student has identified a new species of flying grasshopper which lived 115m years ago. Sam Heads, a PhD research student, was examining fossils from a German museum labelled as 'stick insects'. But he knew immediately he was in fact looking at an ancient ancestor of the modern grasshopper. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Six new species, including a bat and two frogs, have been discovered in Democratic Republic of the Congo in an eastern area off limits to scientists for decades because of violence. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago