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

Professor John Wiens from the University of Arizona has shed new light on the pace of new species discoveries — and how it ...

A new study shows scientists are discovering new species faster than ever, revealing Earth still holds vast unknown ...

Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and BBC presenter, predicts alien life will be found by 2075 but ...

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species ...

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...

Robert May, a famed ecologist, posed a hypothetical question to the scientific community 15 years ago - if an alien spaceship landed on Earth, one of the first questions they would likely ask would be ...

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

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study.

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.

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