Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and discovered they were housing species unknown to science. Between recent ...

Meet Tyrannoroter heberti, a newly described species that was one of the largest, most feared land animals of its time – at ...

A new deep-sea species now carries a scientific name chosen by the internet, and researchers say the crowdsourced approach ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study. And the trend shows no sign of slowing with scientists predicting that the ...

Scientists continue to discover animals that seem almost too strange to be real. Even with shrinking habitats and climate pressures, new discoveries continue to emerge in rivers, forests, oceans, and ...

A scientist has discovered a new species of moth hiding in plain sight, thanks to innovations in DNA sequencing.

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on Earth. Now celebrated as the father of modern taxonomy, he developed the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists uncovered over 70 newly discovered species, including mammals, dinosaurs, insects, fish, and more—some discovered ...