Skin-secreted adhesives, or glues, are highly effective defense adaptations that have evolved recurrently in a small number of amphibians. From an ecological standpoint, this rapidly solidifying ...

A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and behavior of the much-ridiculed bird.

But there's more to this unexpected mutualistic relationship than that. These species of spider and frog have been found in the same area, and even share the same burrows. The frogs use the ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of fish so "perpetually displeased" that they have named it the "grumpy dwarfgoby." A ...

With 84 species currently described, Characidium may be the most diverse fish genus known to science. This is the conclusion ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of fish so "perpetually displeased" they have named it the "grumpy dwarfgoby." A ...

A team of Dominican biologists has identified two specimens of Nyctinomops macrotis, an endemic bat species of Hispaniola, ...

Roughly half of those species are endemic, found nowhere else on Earth. Many EDGE Zones for tetrapods are in the tropics and on islands: Costa Rica, Peninsular Malaysian, Cameroon and Hispaniola top ...

A newly discovered bright red fish species could fill the Grumpy Cat-sized hole in the internet’s heart. This new species is ...

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions elevate the extinction risk for mammals, ...

Unfortunately, animals go extinct every single year, often due to human activity. As we move towards a more sustainable ...