UC Davis scientists uncovered Aptostichus ramirezae, a new trapdoor spider species living under California’s dunes. Genetic analysis revealed it was distinct from its close relative, Aptostichus simus ...

Climate change and habitat loss threaten the newly named trapdoor spider. Scientists from the, Davis, have identified a previously unknown trapdoor spider species lurking in the coastal sand dunes of ...

Communities around Louisiana, in a bid to get more information about the environmental and health impacts of industrial ...

For 25 years, astronauts have lived and worked onboard the International Space Station (ISS), starting with the arrival of ...

Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a global milestone for biodiversity ...

The Eastern hellbender ( Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) isn’t nearly as fearsome as its name implies. They’re actually somewhat cute, if you can get past the salamander’s slimy, mucousy skin that’s ...

Current laws that deem species safe from extinction ignore their ecological role, geographic range and genetic diversity, as ...

Best available science or best possible? Conservationists say the latter could mean doom for many species on the brink.

The project is the first new subsea human station of its kind. It is also the first underwater habitat to be classified by ...

To someday allow scientists to stay underwater conducting research for days on end, the UK-based company DEEP has designed ...

A decades-long collaboration is giving Central California’s dwindling coho salmon population a fighting chance.