A species is a distinct group of organisms and the most basic unit used to measure life on Earth. However, there’s no single definition of a species, meaning this vital concept in biology can be ...

If you think all frogs croak, you'd be wrong. Seven newly discovered species from the tree frog genus Boophis, found across the rainforests of Madagascar, emit special bird-like whistling sounds ...

Crustacean With Panda-Like Coloring Confirmed to Be a New Species Oct. 24, 2024 — Decades after it was first found in Japan, a crustacean species with unique black-and-white coloring resembling ...

Oct. 18, 2024 — Journals focused on ferns, clams, or coral reefs had proportionally more of their articles cited by the federal government when protecting species than more prominent ...

Deep in the forests of Madagascar, researchers have discovered seven new species of frogs and named them after characters from Star Trek. “The calls of the frogs remind us strongly of iconic ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the ...

burnhamae live in Madagascar's rainforests. By Laura Baisas Posted on Oct 15, 2024 5:00 AM EDT Scientists have discovered seven new species of tree frogs in the lush rainforests of Madagascar.

Julian Schrader does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

If we lived in an ordinary time—time here being understood in the long, unhurried sense of a geologic epoch—it would be nearly impossible to watch a species vanish. Such an event would occur ...

A species is a group of organisms that interbreed to produce fertile offspring. Selective breeding is when organisms are deliberately bred so their offspring have the desirable characteristics.

A species is a group of living organisms that are all broadly similar and can, at least in principle, breed with one another. This seems straightforward enough, but the word “species” is ...

But with an estimated one million species at risk across the world, and nothing like the money and resources to save them all, how do conservationists choose the few they can save? "You have to ...