For nearly two centuries, a small brown frog living in Southeast Asian rainforests was considered a single, well-understood ...

The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.

A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal argues that “space weather” could be distorting incoming transmissions from extraterrestrials. The paper, penned by researchers at the SETI (Search ...

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

New genetic research suggests a common Southeast Asian frog long believed to be one species could actually be six or seven distinct ones.

Advanced 3D reconstructions of the comb jelly’s aboral organ reveal a sensory system far more complex than scientists expected. The organ contains a wide variety of specialized cells and is closely ...

The fossilized remains of a creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth have been discovered in the Amazon jungle. Scientists say the plant eating reptiles now called Tanyka consisted of ...

Known as Tanyka amnicola, this lake-dweller with twisted jaws and teeth pointed outward lived in Gondwana 275 million years ...

Biologists identify a new species of "living fossil" chiton through cutting-edge mitochondrial genome sequencing.

The remains of a "weird" creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth have been discovered in the Amazon jungle. Scientists say the plant-eater Tanyka was a “living fossil” when it stalked ...

A routine genetic test in South Korea uncovered Acanthochitona feroxa, a chiton species misidentified for years.