The strawberry guava, one of the world’s worst invasive species, hinders forest restoration on the island while feeding its ...

Half a billion years ago, the first true eye emerged in Earth’s oceans. Fossils now reveal what that ancient crystal vision could actually see.

A team of biologists just discovered a new species of chiton, a marine mollusk that clings to rocks and feeds on algae. Acanthochitona feroxa is a spiky, armored sea creature that genetic analysis ...

I’m trying to imagine what it would be like going through life not knowing the names of the plants and animals around you,” ...

F or the first time, chitin has been identified in a Cambrian Period trilobite. The unexpected discovery could be useful for ...

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A close-up of a preserved Trilobite fossil. Credit: University of Texas at San Antonio Ancient fossils are revealing unexpected chemical survivors, challenging long-held assumptions about how ...

A previously lost wildflower has reappeared, offering a dose of hope for nature lovers. In January, Australian researchers announced that Ptilotus senarius, a small purple-pink shrub, was rediscovered ...

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A new exhibition about birds ranges from old masters paintings to contemporary art. The show is “a mad sprawl of instincts and intuitions,” says its curator, Simon Schama. “The Goldfinch” by Carel ...

A sought-after feature in high-end homes has long been a primitive void in the heart of the great room: the wood-burning fireplace. “There is absolutely a preference toward wood-burning fireplaces, ...

Islands are famous for producing some of the world's strangest creatures, and now a new international study shows that the evolution of bird species on Hawaiian islands includes an ibis with unusually ...