Two new spider species have been discovered at Amboli in Maharashtra and Silent Valley National Park in Kerala, while another ...

Xystodesmus fasciatus, with up to 19 segments, was discovered in a Japanese cedar forest on the Satsuma peninsula and is named for its “vividly banded” body made up of alternating “pale-greyish” and ...

Since most iguana species live in the Americas, biologists have long debated how they could have arrived on the remote ...

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has identified and described a new species of the bow-fingered gecko genus (Cyrtodactylus) from East Java, naming it Cyrtodactylus pecelmadiun.

Although fungi of the genus Piloderma are common, scientists have now discovered five previously unknown species. One of ...

Genomic analysis suggests that the ancestors of lizards on Fiji today rafted from North America some 30 million years ago.

I love seeing my friend Peggy’s yard at the different seasons of the year. I have mentioned in previous articles that she ...

The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

Research suggests that 40Hz gamma frequency stimulation may be beneficial for brain health and could potentially treat Alzheimer's disease, with positive outcomes observed in initial animal and human ...

KUNMING -- A research team has discovered a new lichen genus on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is known as the "roof of the ...

A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has now been described. Nothobranchius sylvaticus, from the Latin meaning 'pertaining to the ...

A compilation of genomes from species in the genus Solanum could help scientists to blend the best aspects of productive staple crops and genetically diverse but under-studied indigenous crops.