Scientists know of four New World crocodile species, but a new study highlights potential fifth and sixth additions to the reptilian family. The two new crocodile species are each endemic to an ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is proposing a change to the Endangered Species Act that environmental groups say will kneecap habitat protection and lead to extinction of vulnerable ...

More information: Jose Avila-Cervantes et al, Novel island species elucidate a species complex of Neotropical crocodiles, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108341 ...

Scientists found a “large” creature with black eyes at a mining site in Papua New Guinea and discovered new species, a study said. Screengrab from a YouTube video shared by TVWAN Online The ...

“It upends how we've been protecting endangered species for the last 40 years,” said Noah Greenwald of the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity. The proposal is different from any ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Human activities are significantly impacting global biodiversity, leading to a decline in species numbers and altering species community compositions. A ...

The first comprehensive biodiversity survey of the park was published on Tuesday, revealing the rare and threatened species that live there, including the Sunda pangolin, the clouded leopard and ...

Paleontologists have dug up new dinosaur drama. Researchers identified a new dinosaur species that lived in Africa roughly 95 million years ago and published their findings last week in the ...

The closest wild relative to the world's most popular "magic mushroom" Psilocybe cubensis has been given a preliminary name: Psilocybe ochraceocentrata. The two species shared a common ancestor 1. ...

Psychedelic mushrooms growing in southern Africa have been identified as a new species that is the closest relative of Psilocybe cubensis, the most well-known magic mushroom species. The discovery ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A new study ...

The word “threatened” can conjure alarming images of a species on the brink of disappearing forever. The term’s actual meaning, however, is not necessarily that dire—depending on who you ask.