In a nature reserve of southern China, a “horned” creature with over 250 “creamy white” eggs sat on the ground near a stream.

In 2019, scientists rediscovered a species of miniature deer long lost to science within the dry coastal forests of southern ...

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

Trichocallia delicatula, or the beautiful hairy ghost shrimp, has “tubular, hair-like” growths on the pleopods, or fan-like ...

During their search, the team noticed several unfamiliar-looking lizards and caught them, the study said. They took a closer ...

Epipedobates are species of poisonous frogs found in dry and humid tropical forests on the western side of the Andes in ...

Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of ...

In a darkened forest of central Colombia, a 2-foot-long mammal climbed a tree and paused to rest its “completely spiny” body.

Tropical forests lose species due to humans, even inside protected areas. Scientists found that forests near people have ...

Some efforts to preserve or rewild natural habitats are shifting harmful land use to other parts of the world—and this could ...

the surrounding habitat consists of lowland mixed with semi-deciduous monsoon tropical forests,” researchers said. “The new species is semi-arboreal and nocturnal; both specimens were found ...

Some of the snakes that weren’t collected were found wrapped around a branch, near the entrance of a rocky cave, on dead fallen branches or just near the forest floor, according to the study. So far, ...