A pioneering study has unveiled key genetic drivers behind the valuable traits of the yardlong bean, a nutrient-rich crop ...

Two of these new species are present in Japan: Aphanerostethus magnus (Oo-daruma-kuchikakushi-zoumushi) and Aphanerostethus japonicus (Nippon-daruma-kuchikakushi-zoumushi). One of these ...

The last breeding pair was killed by a fisher off the coast of Iceland in 1844, and the last sighting — of a single male, and potentially the last of its species — was off the Newfoundland ...

Larval corals use these sounds as cues to decide where to choose a home. The researchers found that now a second species of coral larvae responded to the sounds of a healthy reef played through a ...

More than a third of all tree species worldwide face extinction, threatening ecosystems, plants, animals and economies around the world, experts warned Monday. In all, 38% of trees are at risk ...

Few vertebrate species spark as much curiosity as the coelacanth, as much for the fascinating story of its discovery as for its status as a “living fossil.” What’s more, the only two living ...

The online database, a collaboration between seven zoological institutions, contains more than 1,000 medical images — X-rays and CT scans — of 50 different species, including the greater ...

When clustered on a pier or the bottom of a buoy, the brownish spheres wouldn’t draw much attention, especially as they look like several of California’s native mussel species. But the tiny ...

More than one in three species of trees are at risk of extinction worldwide, threatening life as we know it on Earth, according to a report published Monday. The warning came in the Global Tree ...