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 ...

Named Lhasella potala, the insect is a small reddish-brown beetle measuring 4.8 to 6.9 millimeters. It was confirmed as a new ...

Around 16,000 new species are described each year, but most animals and plants are listed as threatened as soon as they are ...

Biologists in Costa Rica discover 16 new leafhopper species from forgotten museum samples, boosting known biodiversity to 29.

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

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

The night snake, whose scientific classification is Hypsiglena torquata, is a small nocturnal snake found in a broad but ...

Hopefully, it’s a problem that butterfly researchers won’t have to face for too much longer. A new museum research project, known as AMISTAD, is combining ancient DNA, modern computing technology and ...

Over 70 new species, from insects to dinosaurs, were identified in 2025 by combining fieldwork, museum collections, and ...