1+ week, 3+ day ago   (672+ words) An international research team has identified seven previously undescribed species of Madagascar's diamond frogs, elusive amphibians that often stay hidden in leaf litter, moss, and forest soil — a discovery that is reshaping what researchers understand about the island's biodiversity, according…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (297+ words) The eating habits of barn owls have revealed a wide and varied small mammal population hiding and thriving in a nature reserve. Researchers from the Mammal Society have been analysing owl pellets found at the Royal Society for the Protection…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (492+ words) Over 3,000 endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs were released into the wild in California in 2026 The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance announced the milestone, an update to its conservation breeding and reintroduction program, in August The endangered species of frogs "have disappeared…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (639+ words) How did life begin? This mystery has tantalized scientists since Charles Darwin mused on it in 1871, spawning no shortage of competing theories about the origins of Earth's biology around four billion years ago. Yet, even today, a definitive answer remains…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (199+ words) Curious about amphibian life among these watery respites, environmental scientists from Kyoto University set out to catalog their frog populations. The team focused on 31 temples, shrines, and adjacent areas in Kyoto's Higashiyama region, surveying their various ponds and streams for…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (324+ words) Scientists have officially recognized Ecuador's Milpe robber frog as a distinct species after more than a century of being mistaken for another frog species, Newswise reported. According to Newswise, in a new description published in ZooKeys, scientists at the Pontificia…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (531+ words) Potatoes have fed civilizations for thousands of years, but they have done more than that. Scientists have said the crop may have helped shape human biology, giving Indigenous Andean populations a measurable genetic advantage in digesting starch. That finding adds…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (496+ words) Narwhals are truly unique. The animals are known for their straight, spiral tusks, which can reach some 10 feet in length. These overgrown teeth are the only tusks in the animal kingdom that are known to grow in a completely straight…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (652+ words) Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) tusks may not really be magical, but they do have some mathematical magic. Their tusk is actually made up of two spirals (or helices) instead of one. The tusk's outer structure twists to the left, while the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (156+ words) An International research team of scientists have uncovered the secret behind the narwhal’s famous twisted tusk using advanced 3D X-ray technology. Researchers discovered the tusk contains two opposing spirals, with the outer layer twisting left and the inner layer twisting right....