Scientists found that different species of woolly mammoths were interbreeding, creating hybrid babies with traits from both ...
In a major breakthrough for conservation biology, researchers from McGill University and Mexico have identified two new crocodile species living in isolation on Cozumel and Banco Chinchorro in the ...
Cambridge, Mass. – April 16, 2009 – A reservoir of briny liquid buried deep beneath an Antarctic glacier supports hardy microbes that have lived in isolation for millions of years, researchers report ...
In the heart of Canada’s Rocky Mountains, an unassuming yet remarkable butterfly has been quietly flying under our scientific radar for years. With a wingspan of an inch to an inch and a half, and ...
It's official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of ...
Amphidromous fish – which migrate between freshwater streams and the sea – can move between habitats thanks to ocean currents. Since island streams are generally small and vulnerable to human impact, ...
A previously unknown species of Australopithecus have been discovered in Ethiopia’s Afar region, coexisting with early Homo ...