A new butterfly species, Satyrium curiosolus, has been discovered in Alberta. Isolated for millennia, it shows unique traits ...

A devastating sea star plague triggered an unexpected ecological shift, creating a mussel boom that sea otters turned into a ...

A fossilized creature found in a South African roadside quarry 25 years ago finally has an official name. The small, ...

Oysters are so much more than a seafood delicacy. They're ecosystem engineers, capable of building remarkably complex reefs.

Scientists in the South China Sea scooped up some muck, sifted through it and found the “rarely encountered” animal. Take a ...

"It's kind of like the … 'you don't know what you have until it's gone' adage." Scientists race to save rare creature after ...

Sunflower sea stars discovered taking refuge in fjords may offer clues to saving the critically endangered species from sea star wasting disease.

In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The orange ...

The 75-year-old star has teamed up with a group of ecologically minded real estate moguls to develop a remote stretch of the ...

Primula refers to Shooting Stars being among the “very first” spring flowers. Pauciflora is derived from the Latin paucus, ...

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