Australia is home to a unique bunch of native land mammals, such as koalas, wombats and wallabies. These furballs evolved in isolation on this island continent and have become Australian symbols. But ...

A 16-million-year-old amber fossil from the Dominican Republic reveals Basiceros enana, the smallest known predator ant. The ...

For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world's smallest-known snake. Some scientists worried that maybe the Barbados ...

A fossilized Caribbean dirt ant, Basiceros enana, preserved in Dominican amber, reveals the species ancient range and ...