A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

New species are being discovered at a faster rate than ever—more than 16,000 every year—and the trend shows no sign of ...

The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...

And there you have it. Another year, done and dusted, and I would say for many of us: Thank God. It’s too much pressure, existing in a year that is, numerically, the quarter marker of a century, and ...

One that caught attention from many was a type of sea mollusk that washed ashore on South Padre Island in late May.

A decades-old mix-up in a museum collection led scientists to mistakenly identify a Peruvian poison frog as a new species.

Have you ever called an alligator a crocodile or thought a llama was just a fancy alpaca? It happens to the best of us!

In the late 1980s, something began to go wrong in places that were supposed to be safe. Protected cloud forests, buffered ...

From polygamous tree toads to heavy stick bugs, this year’s extensive new species discoveries are changing the way we see our ...

For decades, the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) played a surprising and essential role in human medicine. Native to the ...

The story of R.E. Burke being detained in the USA topped the Top 100 Most-Read Stories On Bleeding Cool In 2025 list ...