The deep sea around Antarctica just got a whole lot weirder as researchers have discovered at least 30 previously unknown ...

Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study by anthropologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the ...

Paracalliactis tsukisome, pale pink and soft-bodied, builds rigid, shell-like structures that hermit crabs use for protection—turning a passive invertebrate into an underwater architect. Uncovered ...

A carnivorous death ball sponge preying on victims in the dark recesses of the ocean floor may sound like something from a sci-fi horror movie, but that was exactly what was found in a pioneering ...

A new extinct flying reptile species has been discovered in fossilized dinosaur vomit. Known as "regurgitalite," the remains of stomach content have been kept in Museu Câmara Cascudo at the ...

Japanese researchers have described a new species of sea anemone that appears to share a mutually beneficial relationship with hermit crabs. The pale pink sea anemones, now named Paracalliactis ...

Dr. Kit Prendergast of the Curtin School of Molecular and Life Sciences is being credited with the find, which he said was made while surveying a rare plant in Western Australia’s Goldfields.

Scientists in Australia have identified a new species of native bee with tiny, devil-like horns that have earned it a playfully hellish name – “lucifer.” The species, Megachile lucifer, was discovered ...

Nov. 11 (UPI) --A new species of bee in Australia has been discovered, named for its unique devil-like features. The nicknamed "Lucifer" bee, or Megachile lucifer, was discovered in 2019 in the ...

The newly identified species, Paracalliactis tsukisome sp. nov., was found living on the shells inhabited by the hermit crab Oncopagurus monstrosus at depths of 200 to 500 metres (650 to 1,640 ft) off ...

A pink sea anemone that “builds a home” for hermit crabs has been discovered. The find, in seas off Japan, is a rare example of "co-evolution" in the ocean depths, say scientists. Researchers from ...

Paracalliactis tsukisome, a newly discovered sea anemone living in symbiosis with hermit crabs on the deep-sea floor off Japan. (Yoshigawa et al via SWNS) By Stephen Beech A pink sea anemone that ...