During the hike, researchers found several brown lizards lying very still under fallen trees. Intrigued, they took a closer ...

It isn’t the world’s tiniest lizard, but the discovery of this odd-looking gecko by a University of Texas at Arlington ...

Researchers, however, can have a keen eye and spot the animals even tucked in their hiding place. In the forests of Ecuador, ...

During the searches, the team found two yellow-brown salamanders on tree trunks, the study said. Researchers took a closer ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

Coelacanths are strange fish that are currently only known from two species found along the East African coast and in ...

Near a waterfall in Thailand, a pregnant creature with two “externally visible” eggs perched on a rock. Its “large” ...

Sometimes plants are so similar to each other that the methods developed by 18th century scientist Carl Linnaeus for identifying species are not enough. Completely new species of daisies have been ...

Researchers classified the new species within a new genus, Bathydevius, and new family, Bathydeviidae, because of its ...

Scientists initially noticed the newts mating in rice paddy fields and confirmed they were a new species with molecular ...

Cao Bang crocodile newts are considered “medium”-sized, reaching over 5 inches in length, the study said. They have “stout” bodies with “rough” skin and rows of “knob-like warts.” Their heads are ...

"Everyone in the control room let out a loud 'Oooooh!' at the same time. We were all enchanted," a researcher said.