Scientists have discovered a spider species with a smaller genome while maintaining high genetic diversity, in a first-of-its ...

Scientists have identified a brand-new species of worm living in the Great Salt Lake, marking only the third known animal ...

Some animals living on Earth appear so unusual that they are often compared to aliens. Their shapes, movements, and behaviors challenge common ideas of what life should look like. Scientists explain ...

When most people think of massive snakes, the first one that comes to mind is the anaconda. Anacondas might be the largest ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

Scientists just revived a worm frozen for 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost. This shocking discovery is rewriting the rules ...

The biggest whale species on Earth is a monster! There are plenty of large creatures within the Cetacea order (which contains ...

As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a ...

A discovery in Washington's Skagit Bay has scientists warning that one of the world's most destructive invasive species has shown up in yet another sensitive coastal ecosystem. The arrival of European ...

The deep sea, home to some of Earth’s most enigmatic creatures, has recently revealed new insights into one of its giants. Alicella gigantea, a supergiant amphipod, has long been considered rare.

Beneath cold, high-pressure oceans, water and gas molecules clump together into crystalline solids called gas hydrates. During a research cruise around the North Pole, scientists encountered the ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...