A global review of tiny sea animals called foraminifera has identified 57 new living species, including three from NZ waters.

During the original queen’s downfall, the parasitic ant will even retreat and hide as the workers kill their leader. In some ...

Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that evolved in different ways and at ...

Few sights feel as wild and lively as the rapid tap-tap-tap of a woodpecker at work on a tree trunk. For garden lovers who ...

Researchers have newly described three extremely rare species of toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets.

Some ants kill the queens of another species and take over their colonies, but we now know at least one species gets workers ...

If you asked the average American angler to name all the different types of bass, a handful of species would roll off the tongue, starting with largemouths and smallmouths, then probably stripers, and ...

The new species is a kind of trapdoor spider, a spider known for creating borrows underground with hinged doors.

Not only do American cockroaches reproduce quickly, but they also live longer than most, with an average lifespan of two ...

What is a monkey, exactly? We think we know monkeys for their playful behavior, their swinging around the jungle, and oddly familiar expressions (we’re related to them, after all). But how are all the ...

A new species of killer whale, known as "Type D," may have been discovered off the coast of Chile by researchers working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA.) Until now, ...