A group of scientists led by Dr David Hu from the Georgia Institute of Technology has discovered that humans and 21 species of mammals – from hedgehogs,...
A team of paleontologists from China and the United States has described two shrew-sized mammals that lived during the Jurassic period, between 165 and...
Sci-News.com compiles an annual list of the top 20 new species of animals, plants and insects found in the past twelve months.
1. Araguaian boto (Inia...
Scientists at the Wildlife Conservation Society have released their favorite camera-trap pictures of 2014. They use camera traps as a non-invasive tool...
An international group of paleontologists has discovered a horse-like animal that lived in what is now India during Eocene epoch, about 55 million years...
An international team of paleontologists headed by Marco Marzola from the New University of Lisbon, Portugal, has discovered nearly 70 fossilized tracks...
A team of paleontologists led by Prof David Krause of Stony Brook University has discovered a groundhog-like animal that lived in what is now Madagascar...
According to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2014, global wildlife populations have declined by 52 per cent in 40 years.
Global wildlife populations have...
A group of paleontologists led by Dr Jin Meng of American Museum of Natural History has discovered three squirrel-like mammals that lived in what is now...
A team of scientists led by Dr Thilo Gross of the University of Bristol has combined depictions of lions, wild dogs, elephants and other creatures from...
Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains of two previously unknown mammals that lived in what is now British Columbia in Canada during the early...
Dinosaurs fit in between warm-blooded mammals and cold-blooded reptiles, according to a study reported in the journal Science. The study is the first to...
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...
Eocasea martini, a carnivorous animal that lived in what is today Kansas during Carboniferous period, about 300 million years ago, is the oldest known...
A newly discovered genus and species of primitive carnivorous animal that lived in what is now Europe roughly 55 million years ago sheds light on the origins...
Every year, hundreds of new dinosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles and fishes are discovered, and among them are always a few really weird or beautiful...