Biology News

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 team of researchers has found that bats take advantage of their flexibility by folding in their wings on the upstroke to save inertial energy. Efficiencies...

A researcher from the Columbia University in New York has claimed the possibility that advanced versions of Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaurs –...

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...

Researchers from Auburn University have discovered a new remarkable species of suckermouth armoured catfish in southern Ecuador. Dorsal view of Cordylancistrus...

An international team of researchers has found that bottlenose dolphins from Shark Bay, Western Australia, form complex male alliances in an open social...

An international team of researchers has proposed to conduct a large-scale project in Australia, where populations of some native predators are allowed...

A team of researchers from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas has discovered an intriguing new scorpion in Death Valley National Park. The new scorpion...

A team of researchers has discovered a new and unusual wasp species during an expedition to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. An adult male Megalara garuda...

An international team of biologists has discovered a new species of skink in the northwest region of New Caledonia. Adult male Caledoniscincus constellatus...

A team of scientists from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresden and De La Salle University in Manila has discovered four new species of the freshwater...

An international team of researchers has found that most of Madagascar’s unique present-day fauna may originally have arrived across long distances...

A team of researchers has found a new species of leopard frog that for years biologists mistook for a more widespread variety of leopard frog. The newly...

An international team of researchers has found that cuttlefish have the most acute polarization vision yet found in any animal by showing them movies on...