Tiny "Platypus of the Crab World" Fossil Found in Columbia and U.S.

Medicine & Technology Apr 25, 2019

A Yale paleontologist has announced the discovery of over 100 exceptionally well-preserved specimens of various crab species.

Two New Bird Species Have Been Discovered

Apr 25, 2019

The two new bird species were found in the Wakatobi Archipelago of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Kite-like Sea Creature Discovered in the Indian Ocean

Apr 22, 2019

Newly discovered deep-sea life seems to be tethered to the ocean floor.

430 Million-Year-Old Ancient Fossil Uncovered Revealing Underwater "Cthulhu" with 45 Tentacles

Apr 10, 2019

Scientists have discovered a species of underwater creature that had 45 tentacles.

Scientists Thought it was just a Common Bird, Study Proves it is a New Species

Mar 30, 2019

For the past 100 years, the Cream-vented Bulbul were seen to have either red eyes or white eyes and was considered a trivial matter until now.

A New Species is named following the Discovery of a 3-Million-Year-Old Jaw Fragment

May 28, 2015

Most of us are familiar with "Lucy," the famous hominid skeleton discovered by Donald Johanson and colleagues back in 1974 along a dried out gully in Ethiopia. Lucy lived over 3 million years ago and was assigned the name Australopithecus afarensis; a species many believe led to the rise of Homo sapiens. But a new discovery may rewrite our origins, for it seems Lucy was not the only type of Australopithecine roaming the African plains so long ago.

Port of Los Angeles Reveals a New Resident of the City—A Roly Poly Pillbug Species

May 19, 2015

On the mother of all class field trips, a new species of marine roly poly pillbug was discovered, Los Angeles researchers from the county Natural History Museum confirm. The discovery was made as an invertebrate zoology lab course from Loyola Marymount University taught by researcher Dean Pentcheff of the museum explored a small, dirty, rocky beach at the southernmost tip of the city-less than a mile from the busiest port in America.