Apr 17, 2015 by News Staff

It’s not often that a mammal thought extinct, appears once again in the wild. But that’s what happened to the Bouvier’s red colobus (Piliocolobus...

Apr 16, 2015 by News Staff

Varvara, a female western gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), swam from northeastern Sakhalin Island to Mexico and back again – nearly 22,500 km...

Mar 19, 2015 by News Staff

According to a team of scientists headed by Dr Ross MacPhee from the American Museum of Natural History, South American native ungulates – the last...

Feb 25, 2015 by News Staff

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,...

Feb 24, 2015 by News Staff

According to experts from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the critically endangered Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) – one of ten living...

Feb 13, 2015 by News Staff

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...

Jan 18, 2015 by Natali Anderson

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...

Jan 3, 2015 by News Staff

Scientists at the Wildlife Conservation Society have released their favorite camera-trap pictures of 2014. They use camera traps as a non-invasive tool...

Nov 24, 2014 by News Staff

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...

Nov 7, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of paleontologists headed by Marco Marzola from the New University of Lisbon, Portugal, has discovered nearly 70 fossilized tracks...

Nov 5, 2014 by News Staff

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...

Sep 30, 2014 by News Staff

According to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2014, global wildlife populations have declined by 52 per cent in 40 years. Global wildlife populations have...

Sep 11, 2014 by News Staff

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...

Sep 9, 2014 by News Staff

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...

Jul 9, 2014 by News Staff

Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains of two previously unknown mammals that lived in what is now British Columbia in Canada during the early...

Jun 13, 2014 by News Staff

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...

May 22, 2014 by News Staff

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...

Apr 17, 2014 by News Staff

Eocasea martini, a carnivorous animal that lived in what is today Kansas during Carboniferous period, about 300 million years ago, is the oldest known...

Jan 9, 2014 by News Staff

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...

Dec 31, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Every year, hundreds of new dinosaurs, prehistoric marine reptiles and fishes are discovered, and among them are always a few really weird or beautiful...