Report: One Third of America’s Wildlife Is Now Under Threat
On Thursday, the National Wildlife Federation, the American Fisheries Society, and The Wildlife Society released a…
These Are the Worst Invasive Species in the West [Updated]
The Western Governors’ Association published its first-ever list of the 50 worst invasive species inhabiting that…
These Newly Named Species Are the Only Good Things From 2017
You lose some, and you find some. That’s pretty much the name of the game when it comes to biodiversity, although these…
Were There Really More Species Discovered in No Man's Sky Than There Are on Earth?
No Man’s Sky was arguably the most anticipated game of 2016 after it was announced at E3 2014. Our friends at Kotaku…
My Favorite Quotes From Species
When I was 11, my dad let me watch an R-rated movie. It had been a few years since Alien 3, and he was still riding a…
The Deadliest Kisses In All of Science Fiction and Fantasy
The holidays are almost upon us, which means one thing: lots of weird superstitions involving sprigs of vegetation and…
New amazing species caught on camera
Our oceans hide so many breathtakingly beautiful species that don’t look like they’re from our planet that I sometimes…
Newly discovered frog species looks a lot like Kermit the Frog
We’ve found Kermit the Frog in real life and it’s a species of glassfrog just recently discovered called…
Scientists find mysterious species that defy all classifications of life
Marine biologists from the University of Copenhagen have discovered two new species that "defy all existing…
Top 10 Greatest Motion-Capture Characters Of All Time
This weekend, we'll witness the evolution of Caesar, the ape revolutionary played by Andy Serkis in Dawn of the Planet…
How Many Heartbeats Does Each Species Get in a Lifetime?
Have you ever wondered how many heartbeats an average person has in their lifetime? What about for cats or dogs or…
The History of Sexy Monsters
Monsters are horrifying, revolting... and often alluring. It makes sense that so many monsters would be hawt, since…
Scientists may have just discovered a brand new species of human
This skull has a weird mix of ancient and modern traits. It was discovered in a cave in southwest China and dates to…
To save their species, fish hybridized themselves into extinction
The whitefish of Europe's Alpine lakes were once a single species, but after the Ice Age they split into separate…
In the Japanese version of Species, things get pretty NSFW
Check out the NSFW trailer for Tokyo Species, a Japanese version of the US franchise about (let's face it) alien…
Meet the 20,000 new species we discovered in a single year
The latest State of Observed Species report is out. And biologists might have just earned the title of Hardest-Working…
Songbirds caught evolving into separate species
If you just look at their DNA, the various South American songbird populations all look pretty much the same. But their…
Moving to the city could split birds into separate species
It's a well-worn cliche that moving to the big city after a lifetime of country-living can change you forever. That…
Earth's worst mass extinction might not have been as bad as we thought
The Permo-Triassic extinction event happened 251 million years ago, killing off 96% of all marine species, and 70% of…