Scientists have named two systems of colliding supermassive black holes after Lord of the Rings locations, Gondor and Rohan.

A new-to-science species of praying mantis found in Iran has been named as a symbol of universal freedom. Sinaiella azadi was ...

The people’s mollusc: Scientists name strange deep-sea creature after thousands offer suggestions online - Eleven different online participants independently suggested the same successful name ...

In the aftermath of the CDC shooting, staff scientists are not putting their names on papers and presentations out of fear of being targeted, a former agency leader said during a Senate hearing on ...

Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel-web spiders is actually a new species in its own right. Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study different ...

Iranian researcher Mahmood Kolnegari has described a new praying mantis species in central Iran, naming it Sinaiella azadi (“freedom” in Persian) to symbolize the importance of scientific freedom and ...