The speedy, plant-eating creature lived in what is now Colorado roughly 150 million years ago, and its skeleton went on ...

World’s largest coral colony discovered in the Pacific ocean - viewable from space Marine biologists discover 500-year-old shark - the longest living vertebrate on Earth Oldest sea-going reptile ...

Scientists uncovered a brand-new species of dinosaur in a jar that has sat in museum storage for almost 20 years.

Phellodon castaneoleucus, an intriguing new species of fungi found in wooded heathland near Royal Turbridge Wells, England, features teeth-like structures instead of gills.

The species was found on the black smokers of the Falkor hydrothermal vents at a depth of about 13,000 feet, according to the study. This species is even smaller, with a shell diameter of about 0. ...

The species was found on the black smokers of the Falkor hydrothermal vents at a depth of about 13,000 feet, according to the study. This species is even smaller, with a shell diameter of about 0. ...

The species was found on the black smokers of the Falkor hydrothermal vents at a depth of about 13,000 feet, according to the study. This species is even smaller, with a shell diameter of about 0. ...

The species was found on the black smokers of the Falkor hydrothermal vents at a depth of about 13,000 feet, according to the study. This species is even smaller, with a shell diameter of about 0. ...

Of the estimated 8.7 million animal species on Earth, only 1.2 million of them have been officially described, with around 18,000 new species being discovered every year.

Scientists linked to Kew described 149 new species of plant and 23 species of fungi. The institute said that its annual list of new species is a reminder of the many unknowns waiting to be discovered.

Two giant snail species, Gargantua and Pantagruel, were discovered near black smoker chimneys at Mid-Atlantic hydrothermal vents. Learn more about these finds.