For the first time, the genomes of the domesticated tomato and its wild ancestor, Solanum pimpinellifolium, have been sequenced by the Tomato Genome Consortium,...
British biologists have found that the tuatara, an iconic New Zealand reptile, chews its food in a way unlike any other animal on Earth.
An adult of the...
Using camera traps, wildlife researchers have captured photographs of one of the rarest animals on Earth, the Sumatran striped rabbit.
A research group...
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Smithsonian Institution have discovered a new sensory organ in rorqual whales that coordinates...
It’s quite common for a female song sparrow to stray from her breeding partner and mate with the male next door, but a new study by an international...
A new bright yellow frog species has been discovered in the mountains of western Panama by German biologists.
This is a male of the new frog species, Diasporus...
An international team of paleontologists has found that two ink sacs from 160-million-year-old giant cephalopod fossils discovered two years ago in England...
University of Sydney researchers have found that platypus colonies that live on Australia’s small islands are at high risk of disease epidemics that...
A team of researchers from Lund University in Sweden studying the behavior of Santino the chimpanzee at Furuvik Zoo in Stockholm has found that he uses...
Scientists have discovered a new fossil species of bear that roamed what is now Spain in the Myocene period.
Artist’s reconstruction of Agriarctos beatrix...
An international team of researchers has found that the current distribution of cypress subfamilies reflects the breakup of the supercontinent Pangea that...
A team of biologists from Penn State University has discovered 24 new species of lizards known as skinks, all from islands in the Caribbean.
The Anguilla...
An international team of researchers has found the first evidence of a non-human species cultivating plants for use other than as food.
Spotted Bowerbird,...
An international team of researchers has revealed that polar bears evolved some 600 thousand years ago, five times earlier than previously thought.
Polar...
A team of biologists from the Papua New Guinea National Museum and the U.S. Geological Survey has discovered a new species of slender-toed gecko on Manus...
An international team of scientists has confirmed the Tasmanian Tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) had limited genetic diversity prior to its...
A team of researchers observing and filming orangutans at a research facility in Indonesia has found that they may be smarter than previously thought.
Wild...
A new species of velvetfish in the genus Pseudopataecus has been discovered in coastal waters of Western Australia.
The Bearded Velvetfish, Pseudopataecus...
A team of evolutionary biologists has discovered that some plants mimic scent of pollinating beetles.
Flowers of the Arum family: Amorphophallus hewittii...
An international team of biologists has discovered a new blue-colored species of land crab on Christmas Island.
The Blue Crab of Christmas Island, Discoplax...
