The new animals include 580 invertebrates, 134 amphibians, two birds, 71 fish , 43 reptiles and 12 mammals.
Variety is the spice of life and animals know it pays to be flexible.
Variety is the spice of life and animals know it pays to be flexible.
The discovery counters the widely held belief that whale sharks, which can weigh more than 79,000 pounds, are solitary animals.
The discovery counters the widely held belief that whale sharks, which can weigh more than 79,000 pounds, are solitary animals.
Pollution is causing a significant barrier to sea star breeding off the coast of California - more so than the varied marine topography along the rest of the western United States.
The creature appears to have been the first of its kind to stride on bendable, hard-covered legs.
This tiny crustacean has 31,000 genes -- more than any other creature.
These creatures, once the most abundant marine animals on Earth, likely went extinct because of a food shortage.
A biodiversity crisis as a result of invasive species may have capped the Devonian - not a mass extinction event.