Researchers used AI to determine that wild African elephants likely have names for each other, suggesting a capacity for abstract thought.

LONDON -- Researchers in China claim they have identified a new species of gibbon in the remote forests along its border with Burma - and have named it after Star Wars character Luke Skywalker.

Species discovery rates are accelerating, not declining. A new study shows 2020 broke records for new species descriptions, ...

A volunteer at the University of Vermont Herbarium got the birthday present of a lifetime-- a plant named after her!

Just last year, Merbl received the Rappaport Prize for Biomedical Research in the Promising Researcher category – one of ...

Over the last 12 months, scientists from London’s Natural History Museum have been busy collecting, studying and cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth. Museum scientists have given ...

Staff scientists are not putting their names on papers and presentations out of fear of being targeted, a former agency leader said during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. Debra Houry, MD, MPH, former ...