When it comes to identifying all of the species on the planet, there’s not much you can say with certainty. Unicorns don’t make the cut; bunnies do. Then there’s a lot of gray. Even estimating the ...

The devil is in the tiny details. A team of scientists discovered a new bee species they affectionately nicknamed “Lucifer” ...

A new native bee species with tiny devil-like "horns" named Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer has been discovered in Western ...

The early warning signs that a species is becoming extinct is more likely to come from Wikipedia in the future than scientific research, the results of a new study suggest. Scientists at Oxford ...

An international team of scientists has discovered that Wikipedia can aid conservationists in identifying which species are in danger of going extinct. In a new study, they discussed how the volume of ...

A first draft of the tree of life for all 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes has been released. Thousands of smaller trees have been published over the years for select ...

The cavern along the border of Greece and Albania is home to a terrifyingly high number of two species of arachnids that live ...