A team of researchers has discovered 71 new native bee species belonging to the resin pot bees, or Megachile (Austrochile), which are unique to Australia and...
Natural ecosystems comprise groups of species capable of living in the specific conditions of a biological system. However, if we visit a specific natural area, we...
Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America.
Until now, most research has used either generalized cell samples or organoids made from just one type of tropical fruit bat, and only from a single...
A new study found that over a quarter of the world's naturalized plant species are threatened in parts of their native range -- raising questions about...
The northern white rhinoceros is one of the rarest animals on Earth, with just two females left and no natural way for the species to reproduce....
The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at...
Palaeontologists have discovered a remarkable new 506-million-year-old predator from the Burgess Shale of Canada. Mosura fentoni was about the size of your index finger and had...
A new study shows that an unassuming plant has some very unusual family dynamics.
Pink salmon, Purple Asian clams, marine invertebrates that form spaghetti-like colonies and a nematode worm that causes extensive deaths of trees are among the new entries...