Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal ...

Scientists believe that 8.7 million species of animals in the world have so far been classified. And, despite their best efforts, it’s estimated that there are still 5 million species to be described.

Have you seen the clear, gelatinous creatures all over Grand Strand beaches? Here’s what the blobs are and why they’re ...

Tiger: A tiger can bring down prey twice its size and lift up to 550 kg, which is double its body weight ...

Switzerland new focus market, first order received In mid-June, Chordate added Switzerland to its focus markets for the Ozilia treatment and signed an agreement with Neurolite AG to be the Company ...

Mammals are a quite well known group, however estimates for the numbers of described species still vary considerably, ranging from 4 300 in Biodiversity: the UK Action Plan (Anon. 1994), through 4 630 ...

Species numbers are clearly declining The findings of the study are unequivocal and leave no doubt as to the devastating impact that humans are having on biodiversity worldwide. "We analyzed the ...

These animals effectively act as landscape engineers, reorganising soils and sediments. Yet their combined global impact has never been explored, until now. Research that my colleagues and I ...

Hammerhead shark. Marko Dimitrijevic, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Welcome to ‘Animals That Reproduce ...

The natural world is home to an astonishing variety of life, but some creatures are so rare that only a handful remain in existence. These animals, often teetering on the edge of extinction, are ...

If you love animals, you’re surely going to get hooked on our venture that strives to make this planet a better place for our wildlife. According to experts, we are witnessing a rapid loss of species ...