For centuries, biologists have used taxonomy to sort living things into groups based on appearance, behavior and other perceptions of identity. They have christened plants and animals with binomials ...

Every year, scientists add thousands of new names to the great book of life. This momentum was initiated by the work of ...

Fossils retrieved from an underground cave in South Africa may represent a previously unknown species of the human genus, Homo. The fossils come from at least 15 individuals recovered from a ...

Tyson belos is described, based on specimens from the Great Barrier Reef, Trobriand Islands, and Lau Islands. This diminutive (gravid female 18.8 mm SL), coral-reef species differs conspicuously from ...