Biologists identify a new species of "living fossil" chiton through cutting-edge mitochondrial genome sequencing.

Picture this: scientists walking through a lush stretch of eastern Thailand at night spot something unexpected clinging to the rocks. A tiny creature with enormous brown eyes, bumpy skin and a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Fifty giant tortoises walked onto Floreana Island in the Galápagos, the first of their kind to set foot there ...

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Scientists found a “big”-eyed creature with “elongated limbs” in a canyon of Iran and discovered a new species, a study said. Roman Nazarov Photo from Nazarov, Nabizadeh, Rajabizadeh, Melnikov, ...

It doesn’t just heal - it rebuilds. Limbs, nerves, and even parts of its brain can regenerate with almost perfect precision. Scientists understand pieces of the mechanism, but the full genetic trigger ...

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

A chunky, squat creature that roamed Earth 307 million years ago is helping scientists understand how plant-eating animals first appeared on land. The newly described species is one of the earliest ...

KĀNEʻOHE, HI [Jan 30]— In the realm of marine biogeography, there is a widely held scientific principle: the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans are worlds apart. If you dive in Brazil and then in ...

The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people. Credit...Ben Denzer ...

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Scientists have identified a brand-new species of worm living in the Great Salt Lake, marking only the third known animal group able to survive its extreme salinity. The species, named ...