Achieving a cockroach-free home in Australia requires more than sprays and traps; discover the surprising methods that truly ...

Using intricate geometry found in nature and refined through aerospace and biomedical design, scientists have now 3D-printed ...

Algal blooms have many causes, but it's commonly chemicals in industrial fertilizers that end up in rivers and oceans in a ...

Pine trees are one of the most common coniferous species in North America. Learn how to identify the types found in the United States and Canada.

A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...

It's not every day that a species makes it off the endangered list — but the Colorado hookless cactus is having a good year. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently reported that the ...

The high seas of the dinosaur era were teeming with a plethora of squids, a new study has found. Using a new technique for analyzing fossils locked away in chunks of rock, paleontologists in Japan and ...

Scientists found a sea creature with “prickles” on its “eyeball skin” off the coast of Japan and discovered a new species, a study said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Thousands of feet down in ...

New species discovered by UMD's Blue Heron — in the ship itself The 'ship goo' was found oozing out of the research vessel's rudder shaft. DNA sequencing revealed it was a previously unknown ...

In a special report, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin examines how federal cuts could impact invasive species monitoring on Lake Michigan.

Researchers have discovered Pterotiltus bioko, a new species of small, vibrant flightless grasshopper, in the rainforests of Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island.

In 1980, a single male grasshopper was collected on the island of São Nicolau in Cape Verde. No one knew then that this moment would mark the only sighting of a species that would soon be ...