A study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science shows that the Brazilian free-tailed bat can achieve flight speeds of 100 mph (160 km per hour)...
For the first time, researchers have identified a multicomponent RNA virus – one containing different segments of genetic material in separate particles,...
Our planet could contain roughly 1 trillion microbial species, with only 0.001% now identified, says a duo of scientists at Indiana University.
This colorized...
A new genetic study of myxozoans, a large group of parasites that infect invertebrate and aquatic vertebrate hosts, confirms that these weird microorganisms...
According to a team of paleontologists at the University of Edinburgh, UK, the first complex animals lived millions of years earlier than previously thought.
Reconstruction...
A new study published in the journal Diversity and Distributions reveals what the world map of mammals would look like if Homo sapiens had never existed.
The...
According to a study of 214 species of terrestrial animals in the journal Science Advances, an animal’s ecological niche is a strong predictor of pupil...
Meet the amazing, beautiful and weird mammals, birds, insects, fishes, arthropods, sponges, amphibians and crustaceans discovered in 2012.
Lesula monkey...
A team of researchers from the University of Alberta and the Universidad de la República in Uruguay has uncovered physical proof that animals existed...
