NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light ...

The newly discovered Hades’ snake moray (Uropterygius hades) is right at home in muddy river mouths. This moray eel is dark brown and appears to be an expert burrower. Unlike other moray eels ...

A cute fuzzy beetle, a sea squirt that looks like a cross between a panda and a zebra, and a piranha-like fish that's vegetarian: These are just a few of the new species formally identified in 2024.

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CHANG: (Laughter). LAMBERT: You're more or less imagining a new species of sea squirt discovered off the coast of Japan. CHANG: Wait - what is a sea squirt? LAMBERT: Sea squirts are this - they're ...

It's the time of year when scientific organizations take a look back at some of the most amazing new animals, plants, fungi and other species they discovered in the past 12 months. "Finding and ...

We could be producing concrete that's 30 percent stronger by processing and adding charred coffee grounds to the mix, researchers in Australia discovered. Their clever recipe could solve multiple ...

The first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain. While 2024 saw many popular intellectual properties lose copyright protection ...

Scientists found a “slender” river creature with “fleshy” lips in Beijing, China, and discovered a new species, study said. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto In a river of Beijing ...

The new year will bring dozens of new (and newly renovated) courses. But to keep our expectations realistic, we’ve focused on public-access projects. Here are nine that we’ve resolved to play.