It’s official: the world’s 1,500th known bat species has been discovered in Equatorial Guinea. And as luck would have it, ...

A new exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul is putting skin under the spotlight. It's a deep dive into what ...

A species of ant found scurrying across southern Europe is the first animal found that clones males of another species.

Orlando Science Center is now home to a baby red-rumped agouti, an animal recently born inside the “Life” exhibit at the Loch ...

They recently discovered that Iberian harvester ant queens are able to produce offspring of a completely different species, ...

Across 1,000 species, males die younger than females—even in zoos. A global study shows biology, not just lifestyle, drives sex differences in lifespan.

Around the world, women on average live longer than men. This striking pattern holds true across nearly all countries and ...

A new species of mollusk discovered at a depth of 19,430 feet near Japan breaks records and redefines deep-sea life.

On a damp, mist-laced slope of the eastern Andes, a small creature with reddish-brown fur and a black facial mask peeked from the edge of a pitfall trap. It was August 16, 2018, and biologist Silvia ...

A growing body of evidence suggests that women’s relative longevity may be linked to having double X chromosomes.

Species across the planet are on the move. Climate change has already caused more than 12,000 species to shift their homes ...

A new species of firefly has been discovered in Chapultepec Park, and residents of Mexico City and beyond are invited to help ...