Dwindling natural habitats are causing a significant decline in certain seahorse species. To bolster populations, researchers in Australia are building seahorse hotels and leaving the lights on.

This giant crustacean, named Bathynomus vaderi, so called for its resemblance to the famous Darth Vader due to the shape of its head ... opens new perspectives on deep-sea marine life. A head that ...

Because the head of the animal's carapace bared a resemblance to the iconic helmet worn by Darth Vader in "Star Wars," the creature was named Bathynomus vaderi. The creature belongs to a genus of ...

For over 200 years, life on Earth has been named ... The first word is the genus, a collection of connected species. The second is an “epithet” for the species itself. (As in Homo sapiens ...

Mumbaikars will learn about the diverse marine life on the city’s coastlines at an expert guided walkthrough of the Aquatic Biodiversity Museum in Versova ...

Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating ...

This study provides a valuable new resource to investigate the molecular basis of the particular features characterizing the pipefish embryo. The authors found both unique and shared gene expression ...

From mammoth African elephants to giant whales, let's take a look at the 8 largest mammals that inhabit our planet.

The Amazon television series Hunters portrays a group of Nazi hunters tracking down the thousands of former Nazis who ...

The winged forms can have black or brown coloured heads and black markings on the body ... The eggs hatch and the larval or looper stages begin feeding and complete their life cycle in about 20 days.