New Gecko Species Gets Naked to Escape Predators
When trapped, the little lizard simply sheds its big scales and regrows them later.
When trapped, the little lizard simply sheds its big scales and regrows them later.
Scientists found a genetically unique population of bonnethead sharks in the waters off Belize.
Vazrick Nazari said he hoped the move would publicize the need to “continue protecting fragile habitats in the U.S.”
It’s a partial pun on the gibbon’s Chinese name, which translates as “Heaven’s movement.”
Pro tip from the mycologist who discovered it: it's better in an omelet than on a deep-dish pizza.
The new technique highlights and offers a remedy to the short-sightedness of current practices.
SUNY’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry asked an international committee of scientists to choose the most notable finds in the past year.
Sure, some latch on to your ankles and drink your blood, but leeches are just misunderstood parasitic worms.
The aptly named shark is cloaked in black from head to tail and emits a faint blue glow.