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Find out the different ways scientists have of describing what species are, how they form and how many there are on Earth.

A type of zooplankton, Daphnia pulex (a.k.a. the water flea) is a microscopic crustacean whose unique reproduction habits ...

Even for serious bird-watchers, Black-capped Chickadees and Carolina Chickadees are tough to tell apart. Both are members of ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State University researcher is studying a distinct population of coyotes along the Gulf Coast ...

Mammals independently evolved similar inner ear shapes, showing convergence due to shared environmental pressures.

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Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room for individual variation that makes one species' web — or one individual ...

A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team showed that a group of highly divergent mammals known as Afrotheria and distantly ...

Fiji’s sea surface temperatures hit their highest in 650 years, threatening marine biodiversity and coral ecosystems.

Off the coast of South Africa, a “pygmy” sea creature latched onto the coral reef with its tail. Its “cryptic nature” and small size generally helped it go unnoticed — until some keen-eyed scuba ...