From the insect that was first identified on Flick...  ...Mashable list is filled with all kinds of amazing species that were discovered over the last year.Link

A newly-discovered species of goblin spider has been named in honor of Briti...  ...d I thank you very much indeed for this."Naming a species is the biggest of compliments that you could ask...

We've posted before about species that have gone extinct in recent history. For som...  ...gone extinct in recent history. For some of these species , there was one last specimen that had a name and...  ...friends, although sadly, not friends of the same species . Read the s...

The science of naming species comes with a few perks. If you were studying the...  ...sh and Gelae rol? The bug pictured here is of the species Gelae baen. Pronounced just like you'd think. Yes...

Depending on where you live, you might see Com...  ...wtail butterflies a lot. But there are many other species of swallowtail butterflies. Take a look at some o...  ...a look at some of the beautiful but lesser-known species in a list at Ark in Space. The butterfly pictured...

Human bones belonging to at least five individuals...  ...that makes scientists think they might be from a species different from Homo sapiens. Team co-leader Darre...

Here's a delightful and relaxing gallery of photographs featuring exotic animals clinging to trees. As if we needed another reason to love forests! Shown here is a Philippine Tarsier. See all of them at Environmental...

A 20-million-year-old bat fly was discovered in a...  ...ly carried an ancient strain of bat malaria, of a species new to science. George Poinar, Jr. of Oregon Stat...

Look at the size of this moth -it's 11 inches...  ...across! This is the Atlas moth, the largest moth species in the world. The wings have transparent "windows...

A prehistoric creature found in the Canadian Rocki...  ...usauctum gregarium, which is both a new genus and species . It lived 500 million years ago, when the area no...