De-extinction — the science of resurrecting extinct species — is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that researchers could bring back to life.

For years, Jeju Island has seen the countless deaths of South Korea’s strongest hunters who try to eliminate the relentless swarm of mutant ants that dominate the land. At the core of this ...

A squat lobster discovered near Easter Island, one of the many newly identified species by the Ocean Census Gallardo / The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census Scientists have identified 866 new ...

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Fire ants are fierce and will sting when provoked. ©Lukas Jonaitis/Shutterstock.com The European fire ant is an invasive species in the northwestern and northeastern U.S. They are very common ...

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Among the newly identified species is a pygmy pipehorse, a 4-centimeter (1.6-inch) master of camouflage found in Sodwana Bay, off the coast of South Africa in the Indian Ocean. It is the first ...

Ocean Census, the world’s largest collaborative effort to accelerate the discovery of marine life, reveals 866 newly-found marine species A global collaborative effort led by the Nippon ...

With an estimated 200 billion trillion stars in the observable universe, the existence of other technological species is highly likely, potentially even within our Milky Way galaxy. Join our Space ...

“At that moment, I knew immediately that the deep ocean must be a much more thriving habitat than we had imagined.” ...

The ant Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus) is commonly known as the Pharaoh ant. This species is believed to be native to Africa, but it can currently be found throughout the United States.