A tiny fossil fish from Alberta is forcing scientists to rethink a story that has sat quietly in textbooks for decades. It is ...

The AMNH identifies 70 new species in 2025 after reviewing decades of collections, while their habitats disappear without ...

Ciguatera—a toxin that accumulates in reef fish—is a common cause of seafood poisoning. Learn which fish are safest to order ...

A new study has found a decline in the abundance of marine fish species that move rapidly toward the poles to escape rising sea temperatures. The researchers explain that many animal species are ...

Mushrooms that appear identical turn out to be different species, correcting decades of errors in biodiversity records.

A clever tropical fish has flipped how biologists are thinking about memory, brains and visual recognition in the animal ...

A cavity in the middle of the rockhead poacher’s skull might be used like a maraca to produce sound, new research suggests.

The U.S. Interior Department announced Wednesday it has removed the Apache trout — Arizona’s official state fish — from the list of endangered and threatened species. The delisting shows the federal ...

Academy researchers identified 72 species new to science in 2025, including the newly recognized Galápagos lava heron, a shy deep-sea fish, and a rare sunflower relative found in a U.S. national park.

Two new amphipod species with black-and-white coloring patterns like a giant panda have been found in the town of Shirahama, ...

If you’re considering getting your first freshwater tropical fish aquarium then these are the finned friends that should be topping your list.

Four orca stunned locals when they swam into Napier's Pandora Pond in November. It was a scene not unlike Jaws’ famous fictional Amity Beach – no one dared go into the briny. Napier’s waka ama ...