The hellbender demonstrates the importance of clean water and healthy aquatic ecosystems,” said Anna Pauletta, of ...

Kinorhynchs are small animals ranging from 100 micrometers to one millimeter that are part of the meiofauna, a highly relevant community for the functioning of marine ecosystems. Spanish scientists ...

Fred “Freddy” Dauber, 95, of Onslow passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at the Mercy Hospice House in Hiawatha. A private graveside service will be held at Greene Center Cemetery in rural ...

The extent of carbonate deposits at Borealis indicate that the mud volcano has likely been producing methane for thousands of years, the researchers say. Exploring the carbonate crusts with a remotely ...

Mud daubers are in the insect order Hymenoptera. This order contains all species of bees, wasps, and hornets and a number of other creatures. For the most part, mud daubers are in the Sphecidae ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

Australia has one of the world's highest rates of extinctions with about 100 species of flora and fauna lost since European colonisation. There were 42 new additions to the national list of ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% of species in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of fish, crab and ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – A hillside home overlooking the Pacific Ocean that survived the devastating Palisades Fire has split in half from a landslide directly behind the property. The home is now ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...