Biology News

According to a study published in the Journal of Food Science, a little known fruit called buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea) might be successfully grown...

Camera traps set up in a remote corner of the Central Annamite mountains by World Wildlife Fund biologists have taken images of the saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis),...

A team of entomologists has discovered a new scorpion species that lives in Muğla and Antalya provinces in southwestern Turkey. Euscorpius lycius, a male...

Biologists have announced the discovery of an extraordinary new species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. Beautiful inflorescence of Coespeletia...

Ichthyologists have discovered a new species of scalloped hammerhead shark off the South Carolina coast. The Carolina hammerhead, Sphyrna gilberti. Image...

Entomologists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have described 277 new species of braconid wasps in the tribe Heterospilini. This image...

According to new research reported in the journal Scientific Reports (full paper), infertile clay in oceans of the early Earth may have been the birthplace...

Using camera traps, British biologists have captured photographs of the world’s least known cat, the bay cat (Pardofelis badia). The Bay Cat, Pardofelis...

Belgian biologist has described two new colorful species of frogs of the genus Pristimantis from northern South America. Pristimantis jamescameroni. Image...

Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology have discovered that dogs communicate more information about their feelings with their tails than...

According to a new study of Arctic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), their eyes change color through the seasons from gold to blue to help animals spot predators...

A new study reported in the open-access journal ZooKeys provides details on the taxonomy, biology, and population status of the Mortlock flying fox (Pteropus...

An international team of researchers has announced the discovery of a new species of humpback dolphin in the waters off northern Australia. A newly identified...

Marine biologists reporting in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution say that they have identified the world’s first venomous crustacean –...

According to new research reported in the journal Science, potentially deadly stings of scorpions are nothing more than a slight nuisance to grasshopper...

An international team of ornithologists led by Dr Townsend Peterson from the University of Kansas’ Biodiversity Institute has discovered a new species...

Entomologists Dr Renzo Perissinotto from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and Dr Philippe Moretto from France...

Dr Paul Wilkin from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and his colleagues from Thailand, the Netherlands and Poland have described a remarkable new species of...

New research on vocalizations of wild chimpanzees has demonstrated that their alarm calls have numerous hallmarks of intentional communication. Chimpanzee...