Biology News

The Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), long thought to be a single species, is actually three species, according to a new study published...

A new study led by Dr Denise Risch from NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center provides conclusive evidence that mysterious ocean sounds known...

Ichthyologists have described a new genus and species of electric knifefish from the Rio Negro, the Amazonia State of Brazil. Procerusternarchus pixuna....

Linguistic, ecological, archaeological and genetic evidence show that the domesticated chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, originated in central-east Mexico...

Marine biologists have described a new species of beaked whale known only from seven specimens found stranded on tropical islands in the western and central...

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) select a certain type of wood to make their nests, says a team of biologists from the United States. A male chimpanzee at...

Biologists from the United States and Mexico have described a new orchid species from a mountainous area in central Panama. Lophiaris silverarum. Image...

Marine biologists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and three Canadian research organizations have described four new species of...

Herpetologists from the University of Tulsa and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission have described a new species of salamander from Lake Catherine State...

A new study on the skulls of Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) and Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), published in the journal Biology Letters, offers explanation...

Petrocephalus boboto and Petrocephalus arnegardi, two new species of weakly electric fish, have been described from the Congo River. Petrocephalus boboto...

Male Eurasian jays, Garrulus glandarius, are able to disengage from their own current desires to feed female food that she wants, says a group of scientists...

An extremely rare oarfish has been captured on camera in the shallow waters of the Gulf of California. Shedd Aquarium kayakers filmed this 4-m-long Giant...

Dr Robert McCormack from the Australian Aquatic Biological Pty’s Australian Crayfish Project has described a new species of crayfish from the swamps...

According to a new study published in the Journal of Zoology, the dingo is a distinct member of the dog family, not a kind of wild dog as previously believed. A...

A new study published in the journal Molecular Ecology reveals the glacial and post-glacial history of the kea, Nestor notabilis. A juvenile Kea, Nestor...

In a 12-year-long study of 284 of the world’s 338 known hummingbird species, an international team of ornithologists has mapped the 22-million-year-old...

Dr Shannon Still, a biologist with Chicago Botanic Garden, has described two new species of desert poppies from the deserts of California and Arizona. Eschscholzia...

According to a team of researchers led by Prof Tim Caro from the University of California at Davis, zebra’s stripes stave off biting flies, including...