Study finds that birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent, suggesting that this "hidden" phenomenon provides enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship.

In a river of northeastern Brazil, an “armored” creature with “large” eyes paused to rest against a rock. The maze-like ...

The first Black graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, Oscar Thompson, studied zoology, as did trailblazing Longhorn ...

New research reports, for the first time, the widespread occurrence of biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise. The study, based on specimens collected since the 1800s, finds biofluorescence in 37 of the ...

Deep below the surface of a river in northern Brazil, a “shy” creature tucked its “armored” body into a rocky crevice. Divers ...

Eelpouts are primarily bottom-dwelling species, found in deep trenches or around hydrothermal vents in some of the planet’s ...

New research reports, for the first time, the widespread occurrence of biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise. The study, based ...

An incredibly rare creature that washed ashore on a remote beach earlier this month is one of only a handful to have ever ...

Described in 1840 from the Chel River system, the species was last recorded over 80 years ago despite repeated searches and scientific efforts in the interim, leading some to consider it extinct and ...

Procrastination is not an option. Kevern Cochrane is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University and was previously a Director in the Fisheries and ...

Artists Joseph Drayton and Alfred Agate drew these images of pufferfish and balloonfish in the 19th century as part of a scientific study. The drawings are part of the collection called "Drawings of ...

The natural world holds plenty of secrets. Researchers stunned after netting 'vanished' species 80 years after last sighting: ...