Scientists in India have described a new genus and species of unicorn pygmy grasshopper from Tamil Nadu, one of the southern Indian states.
Dravidacris...
Curtin University researcher Kit Prendergast has named the new bee species Leioproctus zephyr, after her pet dog Zephyr after noticing a protruding part...
New research led by Queen Mary University of London shows that rolling of wooden balls by buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) fulfils behavioral...
Radiation resistance of microbes is a key parameter in considering survivability of microbes over geologic times on the frigid, arid surface of Mars that...
Astronomers say we may be witnessing a merger of two small galaxies just 400 million years after the Big Bang.
The galaxy cluster MACS0647 acts as a cosmic...
NASA has released a stunning image snapped by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope of IC 1623, an ongoing cosmic collision between two irregular...
Ornithologists from Trinity College Dublin and the Universitas Halu Oleo have identified several cryptic species in two sunbird genera, Cinnyris and Leptocoma.
A...
Informally known as the Wangi-wangi white-eye, the newly-described species of bird belongs to the genus Zosterops.
The Wangi-wangi white-eye (Zosterops...
TOI-3757b is the lowest-density transiting exoplanet known to orbit an M-dwarf (red dwarf) star.
An artist’s impression of TOI-3757b and its parent star....
The newly-discovered black hole resides in the binary system Gaia DR3 4373465352415301632 with a main-sequence star that is slightly smaller than the Sun....
Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and several ground-based telescopes, astronomers have detected and characterized...
Biologists have described a new species of the genus Saussurea from the Khunjerab pass border area between China and Pakistan.
Living plants of Saussurea...
The triple star system LTT 1445, at a distance of 22.5 light-years, hosts some of the nearest rocky planets.
This Chandra image shows the LTT 1445 system:...
Horseshoe crabs, or xiphosurans, are an order of marine and brackish water arthropods. Despite their common name, they are not really crabs, and are more...
Botanists have described a new high-altitude species of the genus Geissorhiza from the Langeberg Mountains of South Africa.
The Cherry Satin flower (Geissorhiza...
Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered a Jovian planet orbiting the M4-type dwarf TOI-5205. Their paper...
Platystele peruviana, which occurs in the Peruvian Department of Pasco, is the smallest species of orchid found in this South American country.
Platystele...
Marine biologists have described a new species of the genus Callistoctopus from the waters of southeast China.
Callistoctopus xiaohongxu, live specimen....
