The butterfly appears to be a hybrid between two known tiger swallowtail species — P. glaucus and P. canadensis — but because ...

In a succession of studies published this week and last month in the journals PeerJ and Zootaxa, researchers at Hawai'i ...

Biologists, using a technique that explores both genes and structural characteristics, have introduced 10 new species of marine sponge. Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms and ...

Now, they’ve identified the butterfly as a new “cryptic” species. The caterpillars choose trees and shrubs on the outskirts of forests to make their cocoon. DeRoller CJ, Wang X, Dupuis JR ...

An international research team of biologists confirmed the presence of Chironex yamaguchii, a dangerous species of box ...

A new study by Trevor Branch at the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences shows that some species of baleen whales ...

See All Key Ideas Around 3.4 million years ago, a hidden evolutionary tale unfolded in the Indo-Burma region: a cryptic pangolin species diverged from the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla).

While sexual reproduction is the predominant strategy among animals, some species have evolved the ability to reproduce asexually ...

Near a campsite in southeastern Africa, a “golden”-eyed creature sat in the sand and called out with “high-pitched notes.” ...

Losing Opens Up New Possibilities for Subsequent Gains Evolution is traditionally associated with increasing complexity and ...