Category: Around the Web

The California Academy of Sciences added 229 descriptions of plant and animal species in 2018 that had never been described before. The species, covering five continents and three oceans, include...

Donald Trump has a moth named after him. Barack Obama can claim a spider. It’s not unusual for newly discovered species to be given unlikely scientific names, but usually those...

It has stumped scientists, and it must be pretty disconcerting to the involved parties, too. On a few occasions, biologists in the Hawaiian Islands have come across an odd phenomenon:...

Officials believe red tide is likely behind the death of more than 22 bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncates) that washed up dead on Southwest Florida beaches last month. Officials with the...

The bearcam at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve is supposed to let viewers catch a live glimpse of brown bears (Ursus arctos) as they feed on sockeye salmon heading...

New research explores the possibilities of a single species’ extinction triggering an “extinction domino effect.” Writing in Scientific Reports, researchers warn of extreme environmental change causing extinctions of plants and...

Scientists plan to meet this month to determine how to help recover endangered Puerto Rican amazon parrots (Amazona vittata). The parrots numbered more than 1 million in the 1800s, but...

Idaho and Washington’s forests are home to only six remaining caribou (Rangifer tarandus), but soon they will have none at all. That’s because the caribou will soon be introduced to...

A video of a brown bear (Ursus arctos) cub and its mother went viral earlier this month, with a message of perseverance as the bears climbed up a snowy slope....

Volunteers in Washington state have reported an unusually high number of dead sea lions washing up on beaches in Puget Sound, many of which have been shot. At least 16...