Advanced 3D reconstructions of the comb jelly’s aboral organ reveal a sensory system far more complex than scientists expected. The organ contains a wide variety of specialized cells and is closely ...

Scientists studying venomous insects made an unexpected discovery inside a simple lunchbox container — one that could help ...

For nearly two centuries, a small brown frog living in Southeast Asian rainforests was considered a single, well-understood ...

That’s going to leave a dent.

Over 40 percent of extant large freshwater animals (megafauna), including carp, salmonids, crocodilians, turtles, beavers, and hippopotamuses, have ...

New genetic research suggests a common Southeast Asian frog long believed to be one species could actually be six or seven distinct ones.

Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...

Fossils of two fish from over 400 million years ago - one a tiny streamlined creature, the other a giant among vertebrates of its time with bizarre teeth - have been discovered in China, filling a ...

Pixar is back in theaters again with sci-fi comedy "Hoppers." We rank all 30 of the Disney studio's animated movies, from "Toy Story" to "Cars." ...

While plenty of franchises have become box office champions and critical darlings, there are plenty that have endured, ...

Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...