An interdisciplinary team of chemists, physicists and material scientists from France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Argentina, has invented a ‘porous...
Using images of Pluto’s surface, geologists with the New Horizons mission have discovered that two of dwarf planet’s mountains could be cryovolcanoes...
With the help of ancient fossils unearthed in northeastern Brazil, an international team of paleontologists has identified several amphibian species and...
Astronomers have detected layers of clouds – made up of hot dust and droplets of molten iron – on a planet-like object known as PSO J318.5338–22.8603...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a remarkable view of the distant lenticular galaxy Markarian 820.
This Hubble image...
In a paper in the journal Science Advances, astronomers report the detection of 21 different organic molecules in gas from Comet Lovejoy, including the...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of Messier 94.
This image from Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 shows the...
A team of scientists, led by Dr Martin Whiting of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, has described a new species of the flat lizard genus Platysaurus...
According to a new study led by Dr Yonggang Nie from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Zoology, bamboo-eating giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)...
A remarkable new genus and species of oviraptorid dinosaur has been unearthed in the Ganzhou area of Jiangxi Province, southern China.
An artist impression...
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences sheds light on why early dinosaurs were small, rare and species-poor in tropical...
A group of scientists led by Dr Brian Kubicki of Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center has described a new glassfrog species from the Caribbean foothills...
An international team of researchers has described three new species of the genus Enyalioides from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and northern Peru.
The...
Biologists Dr Jurgen Otto and Dr David Hill have described two new species of spiders in the genus Maratus.
Maratus jactatus, male. Image credit: Jurgen...
A new cryptic species of rock-wallaby has been described by a team of scientists led by Dr Sally Potter from the Australian Museum Research Institute and...
Sci-News.com compiles an annual list of the top 20 new species of animals, plants and insects found in the past twelve months.
1. Araguaian boto (Inia...
The fascinating creature, a stick-insect, can reach up to 32 cm in body length and 52 cm with forelimbs stretched out. It has reportedly been found in...
Brazilian ornithologists Dr Juan Mazar Barnett and Dr Dante Buzzetti of the Center for Ornithological Studies in São Paulo have discovered a new species...
An international team of ornithologists led by Dr Marcos Bornschein of the Mater Natura-Instituto de Estudos Ambientais in Curitiba has described an endangered...
