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A “toadlet” in Brazil is the second-smallest vertebrate known to exist on the planet. At 6.95 tiny millimeters in length, this creature could fit on your fingertip. It is smaller […]

Byline: Sofia Quaglia While the sea robin has legs, it still doesn't need a bicycle. The sea robin has fascinated scientists for decades. It has the body of a fish, [...]

While the sea robin has legs, it still doesn't need a bicycle. The sea robin has fascinated scientists for decades. It has the body of a fish, the wings of [...]

Heat and drought are taking a toll on the tiny soil creatures that help to lock away planet-warming carbon, according to a new analysis. They're dirt-dwelling invertebrates, but, in a [...]

Byline: Sofia Quaglia A genetic analysis of the German cockroach explained its rise in southern Asia millenniums ago, and how it eventually turned up in your kitchen. They come out [...]

A genetic analysis of the German cockroach explained its rise in southern Asia millenniums ago, and how it eventually turned up in your kitchen. They come out of hiding at [...]

Heat and drought are taking a toll on the tiny soil creatures that help to lock away planet-warming carbon, according to a new analysis. They’re dirt-dwelling invertebrates, but, in a [...]

Byline: Sofia Quaglia Amphibians called caecilians add cloacal secretions of a nutritious material similar to milk to their numerous quirks, according to a new study. Motherhood takes many shapes. Most [...]

Amphibians called caecilians add cloacal secretions of a nutritious material similar to milk to their numerous quirks, according to a new study. Motherhood takes many shapes. Most vertebrates, like birds, [...]

Byline: Sofia Quaglia Caecilians are the first amphibians known to pass on their microbiomes to their offspring. When born, baby caecilians - legless amphibians that look like a mash-up of [...]

Caecilians are the first amphibians known to pass on their microbiomes to their offspring. When born, baby caecilians -- legless amphibians that look like a mash-up of a snake and [...]

Byline: Sofia Quaglia A reptile found in Madagascar is impossible to tell apart from tree bark by day. For decades, scientists had mixed it up with a relative. As night [...]

A reptile found in Madagascar is impossible to tell apart from tree bark by day. For decades, scientists had mixed it up with a relative. As night falls on the [...]

Byline: Sofia Quaglia The unexpected presence of earthworms in the Far North could cause rapid changes in some of the planet's most fragile ecosystems. Worms are on the move, and [...]

Byline: Sofia Quaglia The specimen is the first wingless male beetle ever found. The insect in the small specimen collection of Lund University in Sweden looked out of place. 'OK, [...]

The unexpected presence of earthworms in the Far North could cause rapid changes in some of the planet's most fragile ecosystems. Worms are on the move, and people are nervous. [...]

The specimen is the first wingless male beetle ever found. The insect in the small specimen collection of Lund University in Sweden looked out of place. ''OK, this is a [...]

Byline: Sofia Quaglia Researchers may have discovered the first example of a frog that pollinates flowering plants. On warm evenings near Rio de Janeiro, you might find milk fruit trees [...]

Researchers may have discovered the first example of a frog that pollinates flowering plants. On warm evenings near Rio de Janeiro, you might find milk fruit trees covered in brownish-orange [...]

Byline: Sofia Quaglia A study that involved giving frogs an unpleasant snack has shown that male wasps really can defend themselves with jabs from their genitalia. The experiment was set [...]

A study that involved giving frogs an unpleasant snack has shown that male wasps really can defend themselves with jabs from their genitalia. The experiment was set up like this [...]

Byline: Sofia Quaglia Scientists are studying how the argonaut octopus evolved the ability to produce a floating shell-like structure to care for its offspring. Argonauta Argo is not a typical [...]

Scientists are studying how the argonaut octopus evolved the ability to produce a floating shell-like structure to care for its offspring. Argonauta Argo is not a typical octopus. When a [...]

Byline: Maraam Dwidar;Connor Dye;E.J. Fagan;Katie Madel;Laura QuagliaOn Tuesday night, President Trump delivered his second State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. (As is true for all [...]

The article focuses on caecilians, egg-laying amphibians resembling worms, which have been found to feed their hatchlings a milk-like substance secreted from their behinds, challenging the conventional understanding of vertebrate reproduction.

The article discusses research by David Blackburn, curator of herpetology at the Florida Museum, which suggests that skin feeding in caecilians allows mothers to pass on their microbiomes and inoculate the immune systems of their offsprings.

The article focuses on the discovery of a unique beetle species that lacks the characteristic forewing casing known as elytra. Topics include the description of the elytra-less beetle, the evolutionary significance of wing loss in insects, and the speculation that the beetle's winglessness may be an adaptation to high elevations and strong winds.

The article focuses on the discovery of a potential ecological relationship between the tree frog species Xenohyla truncata and the milk fruit tree in the Rio de Janeiro area.

The article reports on the results of the experiments conducted by Japanese ecologist Shinji Sugiura and his colleagues which revealed that male wasps used stingers on their genitalia to avoid getting eaten by predators.

The article offers news brief on topic including Argonauta Argo is not a typical octopus and when a female mates, first she keeps her partner's detachable, sperm-filled limb inside of her.