Now, in a new study that appeared on May 2 in the preprint journal BioRxiv, researchers have described a second species of vampire squid found in the South China Sea, near Hainan island, China, in ...

In the animal kingdom, size doesn’t always decide the winner. Sometimes, the most unexpected creatures deliver the biggest surprises. Reveal 13 wild encounters where predators underestimated their ...

This tiny brown bat and 29 other animals were just added to N.J.’s endangered species list Published: Jan. 10, 2025, 7:25 a.m. The little brown bat is among the species now classified as ...

So far, the Marine Organismal Body Size Database includes the maximum size of some 85,200 marine species. Biologists have launched a database of marine animals’ body sizes that they say could help ...

Twenty-two new plants and animals were added to the state’s endangered species list last year, bringing the total to 453 native animals and plants protected under the Massachusetts Endangered ...