Years of demand from exotic pet collectors nearly drove the electric blue gecko out of the wild, with the reptile's striking color making it especially coveted. But, as Mongabay reported, the species ...

A critter found under the leaf litter of China’s bamboo forests is a new species. Yang S-Q, Bu Y, Nunes Godeiro N, Gao Y, Jin Y-L (2025) ZooKeys The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...

A new species was found in several national parks in northwestern Madagascar, including one famous for its jagged rocks. Getty Images/iStock Photo Under the cover of darkness, a group of researchers ...

South Asia harbours one of the world’s most diverse reptile assemblages, shaped by a complex interplay of plate tectonics, palaeoclimate and geomorphological barriers. Molecular phylogenetic studies ...

A new species of miniature gecko, not much longer than a match stick, has been discovered by biologists at the University of Texas at Arlington. The tiny lizards are among several species of geckos ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The crested gecko's current popularity in the pet trade ...

Scientists found a “slender” animal living in caves of the Maharashtra mountains and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Akshay Khandekar via Khandekar, Thackeray, Agarwal, Gangalmale, ...

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Scientists found a scaly animal resting in a rotten log at a forest in Tamil Nadu and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Akshay Khandekar via Khandekar, Thackeray and Agarwal (2024) ...

Scientists found a nocturnal clawed animal lurking near a temple in the forest of Tamil Nadu and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Ishan Agarwal via Khandekar, Thackeray and Agarwal ...

When the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh painted "The Starry Night" in 1889, he did so while staring out a window from his mental asylum room in the French town of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. More than a ...