Utah’s Great Salt Lake has just yielded a new resident, a microscopic animal that no one had ever documented there before.

Utah biologists have characterized D. woaabi, the first of two nematode species recently discovered in the lake’s ...

From polygamous tree toads to heavy stick bugs, this year’s extensive new species discoveries are changing the way we see our ...

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

From fruit flies that bite to a tiny mouse opossum and a feathered dinosaur preserved with the remains of its last meal, more than 70 new species were described this year by researchers at the ...

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species ...

The discovery of a new dicynodont species suggests early land animals moved across Pangaea later and more widely than ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore ...

New species are being discovered at a faster rate than ever—more than 16,000 every year—and the trend shows no sign of ...