The new minnow species, Phoxinus kottelati, is able to change its color pattern during spawning, according to a study. Photo ...

A Colorado zoo's field team was in for a surprise when they unpacked their truck and found that a wild marmot had hitched a ...

Deep in the misty highlands of northwestern Peru, scientists have uncovered three entirely new species of frogs.

In the Andes Mountains of northern Peru, a long-tailed mammal with a “facial mask” moved through the undergrowth. Suddenly, ...

The species is believed to exist nowhere else except a single peak within a mountain range in southern China, researchers ...

Darkness stretched across the mountains of northern Peru, coaxing a golden-eyed creature out of its hiding place. It perched on a leaf and made a “peep-like” sound. Suddenly, a beam of light cut ...

A recent study published in Current Biology has found that animals living at elevations of 1,000 meters and higher have a ...

In the rainforests of Malaysia, a group of “guardian” creatures carry their young on their backs. The animals are about 1.5 ...

In 1980, a single male grasshopper was collected on the island of São Nicolau in Cape Verde. No one knew then that this ...

A new tarantula species has been found in southeastern Arizona by two researchers who have identified more of the giant spiders than just about anyone on Earth.

In the forests of Doi Phu Kha National Park in Thailand, a new species of scorpion called Scorpiops doiphukha was discovered. This “large” scorpion, found hiding in rock crevices, is notable for ...

A small city zoo is making a big impact, not by bringing people face-to-face with animals but by giving those animals a ...