Biology News

Scientists from the United States have described a new sawshark species from off the Philippine Islands. Pristiophorus lanae. Image credit: David Ebert. Sawsharks...

The African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus), long thought to be a single species, is actually two distinct species, according to an...

An international group of entomologists has described a new genus and species of fungus-farming ant from Brazil. Cyatta abscondita. Image credit: Jeffrey...

Peruvian and American biologists have described three beautiful new species in the lizard genus Liolaemus. Liolaemus pachacutec. Image credit: Aguilar...

Native to the forests and open savannas of Brazil and Colombia, Tapirus kabomani is the newest member of the tapir family (Tapiridae). This is an artist’s...

A team of entomologists from Italy and China has described nine new species of wasps in the genus Cleptes. Cleptes helanshanus. Image credit: Zai-fu Xu. This...

US researchers led by Dr Vladimir Dinets from the University of Tennessee have found that two croc species – mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris)...

A new study published in the journal Madagascar Conservation and Development has shown the ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) are the world’s only...

Dr Terry Erwin of the Smithsonian Institution has described a new genus and species of beetle from French Guiana. The Spectacular Guyane False-form beetle,...

An international team of biologists led by Dr Benjamin D. Charlton from the University of Sussex has discovered that koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) possess...

Brazilian biologists from the Federal University of Paraíba have discovered a new species of porcupine in the genus Coendou. The Baturite porcupine, Coendou...

Entomologists from Bolivia and Brazil have described a new species of rhinoceros beetle from a subhumid forest in the Southern Bolivian Andes. Oryctophileurus...

According to a new paper published in the journal Animal Behaviour, the Pacific leaping blenny (Alticus arnoldorum) – a unique fish that lives on...

According to a new DNA analysis conducted by Brazilian researchers, a rare species of wild cat called the oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) – one of the...

Entomologists from Utah State University have described two new gorgeous species in the rare wasp genus Abernessia. Abernessia giga, female. Image credit:...

Scientists have discovered a previously undescribed species of giant clam on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. Tridacna maxima, a close relative...

Brazilian arachnologists from Butantan Institute and the University of Brasília have discovered three new of wafer trapdoor spiders. Female Fufius lucasae,...

Australian botanists have described a new species of high-altitude species of sedge from south-western Tasmania. Lepidosperma monticola at Mt. Field National...

A tiny freshwater crab Amarinus lacustris with three eyes collected from a New Zealand river represents a unique malformation that has never been described...