Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High up in the mountains of Peru, a “blue-headed” creature settled in for the night. The spiky animal perched on some plants and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the arid plains and rocky deserts of North America, a ...

Scientists found a large “dragon”-like animal, able to change colors, in Myanmar and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Lwin Moe Aung via Unsplash Along a hilly road in Myanmar was a ...

It turns out dragons are much smaller than we imagined. A new species of super tiny lizards was discovered crawling through the streets of India, which scientists described as a “diminutive dragon.” ...

Scientists found a “cryptic” animal with a colorful tongue in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative area of Yunnan Province. Phoenix Han via Unsplash Hidden in ...

When paleontologists only have so many clues to infer a fossil’s original form, it’s all too easy to make honest mistakes. Sometimes, supposedly reasonable assumptions set researchers on the wrong ...