Sunlight filtered through the trees of a rainforest in northern Peru and illuminated an “iridescent” creature. Its “golden” ...

Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories. The new species was ...

When mpox struck in 2023, archived samples of the mangabeys’ urine and faeces, as well as tissues and swabs from dead animals found in the forest, proved invaluable. Monkeypox virus showed up in ...

The Rock Island County Forest Preserve says three rare species, including a bee and two ... Three-Birds Orchid: This plant is found in shaded, moist areas and is a delicate and rare orchid.

One of the great mysteries of the monkeypox virus has been pinpointing its ‘reservoir’ hosts — the animals that carry and ...

One of these is one of the most widely distributed species in Northern Europe, while another is found only in old-growth forests. The discoveries, published in Fungal Biology, show that diversity ...

Scientists found a pregnant 1-foot-long creature with a venomous bite in a mountain forest and discovered a new species, a ...