Biology News

Scientists led by Dr Kristofer Helgen from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History have erected a new genus called Neomonachus...

Marine biologists have described two new species of coral reef fish from the waters off Curaçao, southern Caribbean. The Spot-tail golden bass (Liopropoma...

A new study published in the journal Science has shown that fruit flies (Drosophila sp.) think before they act. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster....

According to new genetic research reported in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, populations of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in North...

An awesome mammal from Colombia and Ecuador, a leaf-tailed gecko from Australia and a snail with semi-transparent shell from Croatia are among the new...

Entomologists have described a new species of praying mantis from Nyungwe National Park, the Republic of Rwanda. Dystacta tigrifrutex, female. Image credit:...

The Clarion Nightsnake (Hypsiglena unaocularus) – a nocturnal snake species that was initially discovered in 1936 and then struck from the scientific...

Botanists from the University of Calicut in Kerala, India, have described a new species in the genus Musa. Musa arunachalensis. Image credit: Sreejith...

An international team of botanists has described a new, nickel-hyperaccumulating species of plant from Luzon Island, Philippines. Rinorea niccolifera....

Entomologists have discovered 24 new species of wasps that mummify caterpillars, several were named after famous people including Jimmy Fallon, John Stewart,...

Scientists from at the Scripps Research Institute have created a living Escherichia coli that has a pair of ‘alien’ DNA building blocks in...

Entomologists from Switzerland led by Dr Rainer Neumeyer have described a new species of the wasp genus Polistes from Central Europe. The Swiss paper wasp,...

Scientists from the Universidad de La República in Uruguay have described three new species of tarantulas from northern Argentina. The newly discovered...

A newly discovered species of spider, scientifically named Cebrennus rechenbergi, can flip like a gymnast. The Moroccan flic-flac spider, Cebrennus rechenbergi....

Biologists led by Dr Somsak Panha from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok have described a new genus and three new species of carnivorous land snails...

Some species of bees and butterflies enjoy an occasional taste of crocodile tears, according to Dr Carlos de la Rosa from the La Selva Biological Station...

According to a team of biologists led by Dr Gregory Dick from the University of Michigan, at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the western Pacific, previously...

A new study, reported in the journal Functional Ecology and headed by Dr Ismael Galván from the Spanish National Research Council, is the first evidence...

Australian biologists have described a new species of dasyurid marsupial within the genus Antechinus. The Black-tailed Antechinus, Antechinus arktos. Image...