A huge bug-like crustacean, roughly 12.7 inches (32.2 centimeters) long, spent over three decades misidentified as a known species as it sat inside the University of Tübingen in Germany.

There's a new cat in town, but this one won't curl up on your hamper, knead your sweaters or squeeze in front of your screen ...

In research out this week, scientists describe having found a new species of giant waterlily that was initially spotted in an ...

Five freshwater mussel species new to science were identified in Southern rivers. Several are rare and live in only a few ...

The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.

A Cleveland-area biologist discovered a brand new species of algae in Stebbins Gulch -- and it's the first of its kind ever ...

A new-to-science species of egg-eating snake has been documented in the forested mountains of southern Ethiopia, according to ...

A new research paper published in Zootaxa describes five new species of freshwater mussels in the southern U.S., providing the scientific foundation for protecting the most imperiled group of animals ...

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species each year, revealing far more biodiversity than expected across animals, ...

You don't need to worry about the critters coming after you, since they're only a fraction of an inch across. They join the ...