Scientists found a “pygmy” creature with “leaf”-like toes in rocky a crevice of South Africa and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Courtney Hundermark via Conradie, Hundermark, Kemp ...

Camouflage takes many forms in the natural world. Some animals are born with skin or coats that blend in naturally with their environment. Some Old World lizards like the chameleon have an almost ...

The new species is dark brown with a body about 2 inches long. Scales on its legs and abdomen reflect a deep “purplish blue sheen” immediately after molting researchers said.

A major new study has revealed that tropical forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to climate change, ...

A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda, and the National ...

Two years later in 2023, Dr Hoskin discovered the island's leaf-tailed gecko ... orange markings on its sides and lives in rocky rainforest gullies. Dr Hoskin said he was excited to "add ...

A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda and the National Museum of Kenya has discovered a new species of tree growing in the ...

Leaf development describes the coordinated morphogenesis process by which a leaf is formed, and grows to become a mature photosynthetic organ. It starts from the initiation of a primordium in the ...

It has a nearly 20-inch wingspan and a distinctive nose leaf. Its fur is silvery, which explains the nickname ghost bat. One thing that makes this rainforest animal unique among Australian bats is ...

Aloyce Mwakisoma with a Tessmannia princeps leaf sample. Image by Andrea Bianchi ... though he cautions that since these are rainforest trees that receive rainfall over Tanzania’s two main ...

For this week’s first walking trail, we took on the Rail Corridor. Our destination? Karu's Indian Banana Leaf Restaurant for a traditional banana leaf meal. Named for its original designation in ...