All insects are arthropods, but not all arthropods are insects. For instance, spiders, lobsters and millipedes are arthropods, but they're not insects. Instead, insects are a subgroup within ...

Scattered across a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan, buried under rocks, or deep within the region’s humid soil, researchers discovered seven new species with segmented bodies ...

The species were discovered across the Ryuku Archipelago in southwestern Japan, researchers said. Photo by S. Tsuchiya via Unsplash Scattered across a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern ...

LEMURS may hold the answer to reverse ageing, stunned scientists have claimed. The cute creatures have a mysterious secret enabling them to turn back the clock on cellular ageing. And it may ...

Genetic load is often overlooked in conservation predictions of species response to climate change. This study found that effective population size was the major determinant of genetic load and ...