A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

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The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

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Six-month-old babies show stress responses when viewing images of snakes and spiders, long before they could have learned ...

Two aging jaguars have arrived at a specially made "retirement" home in a UK zoo. Female Bonita, 16, and her 11-year-old son Remi, moved into Chester Zoo after being transported from a safari park in ...

Female Bonita, 16, and her 11-year-old son Remi, moved into Chester Zoo after being transported from a safari park in Cumbria.

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, protein-rich larva inside, which seems like an overly complicated way to get protein.

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Aardvarks, found in sub-Saharan Africa, are solitary nocturnal mammals and ecosystem engineers. Alligators, apex predators in USA & China, create 'gator holes' crucial during droughts. Axolotls, ...