Screwworm could be the first species targeted by an 'extinction drive'

The 'ballista spider': Scientists discover a tiny spider that launches ants with 140 times the force of gravity

The 'ballista spider': Scientists discover a tiny spider that launches ants with 140 times the force of gravity

America Is Creating a DNA ‘Noah’s Ark’ for More Than 2,300 Endangered Species

The biotech startup that’s promised to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth has partnered with the U.S. Fish Wildlife Service to preserve America’s endangered species before they die off.

Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil belonged to a group of the largest land animals ever

Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil belonged to a group of the largest land animals ever

Are parasites messing with our brains?

Tiny organisms that change our behaviour. Oct 02, 2025 Written by Peter Frost. Toxoplasma gondii is a tiny protozoan. It’s also a parasite. Like a surprising number of parasites, it can infiltrate brain tissue and make its host behave in ways that help it spread to new hosts. [] The post Are parasites messing with our brains? first appeared on Attack the System.

Tiny new marsupial species, not seen in two decades, confirmed from museum specimens

Researchers have confirmed a new-to-science species of marsupial in Australia’s Northern Territory. The tiny mouse-like carnivore has been named the Arnhem Plateau planigale (Planigale petrophila) after the area where it’s thought to live in; its scientific name translates to rock lover. Planigales are the world’s smallest marsupials, some weighing just a couple of grams. Only []

Deadly screwworm's leap into the US mystifies health experts

As the deadly New World screwworm spreads through Texas, posing significant risk to the U.S. cattle herd, experts are still puzzling over the mystery of how it got there. The parasite fly’s larvae, which feeds within the wounds of warm-blooded ...

Scientists just unveiled “cyborg” cockroaches that can breathe underwater for hours

The bionic bugs could be called up for aquatic search and rescue missions, according to the researchers

Steve Brusatte book dives into everything you always wanted to know about birds

Fifty years ago, it would have seemed strange for a paleontologist to write a book about birds, but today we know why the pairing makes sense. Birds are dinosaurs: it’s as literally true as saying humans are mammals. The brontosaurus and the triceratops might have been wiped off the face of the planet 66 million []

Major river’s fish population is dying after parasite invasion

One expert said that it is ‘unusual’ that reactions to the parasite by fish have been so ‘severe’

Antarctica’s first dinosaur fossil identified as titanosaur tail vertebra

Antarctica’s first dinosaur fossil identified as titanosaur tail vertebra

New-to-science spider builds trap that flings ants into the air

A spider living in the rainforests of Queensland, Australia, builds a snare trap reminiscent of a Roman-era ballista weapon that it uses to catapult green tree ants into a web 30 centimetres above

Spider which uses spring trap to capture prey discovered in Australia

A new species of spider that weaves a catapult-like silk trap to snare a single ant species has been discovered in the remote rainforests of northern Australia.

We’re Saving the Salamander—but Not Its Habitat

The frosted flatwoods salamander is one of America's most imperiled amphibians. Scientists can breed endangered salamanders in captivity, but long-term recovery depends on preserving habitat. As immigration-driven population growth increases demand for housing and development, protecting that habitat becomes more difficult. The post We’re Saving the Salamander—but Not Its Habitat appeared first on NumbersUSA.

Flesh-eating parasite continues spread despite increased surveillance in affected areas

The New World screwworm fly, a flesh-eating parasite once eradicated from the U.S., continues to spread despite intensified surveillance and containment efforts. U.S. agriculture officials confirmed a new case in Texas on Monday, June 22, adding to a growing number of detections that have raised concerns among ranchers, veterinarians and wildlife officials. Texas case raises...

The Beaver That Wasn’t a Beaver

How Castoroides engineered wetlands without dams—and why its disappearance changed everything quietly by Lyle Lewis When giant beavers appear in popular accounts of the Ice Age, they are usually treated

Animatronic Zoo & Dinosaur Experience Comes to Town

Animatronic Zoo & Dinosaur Experience Comes to Town

20 animals that look like nothing else on Earth

Evolution, millions of years of selection pressure, and the specific ingenuity of survival have produced animals who are still being studied and imitated by researchers

Plague was killing hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago

Plague was killing hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago

A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer

Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica tucked in a drawer.

After Decades of Debate, Scientists Say These Fossils Belong to the Largest Known Scorpion, Which Lived 415 Million Years Ago

Researchers have wondered whether Praearcturus gigas was a giant crustacean called an isopod or some other creature. A new analysis of museum specimens suggests that it was a scorpion that stretched more than three feet long

Early land animals skipped the tadpole phase

Current amphibian development may not have been typical of early land vertebrates.

New 2-Part Sci-Fi Completely Rewrites 66 Million Years of Dinosaur History – Watch the Wild Trailer

Image via Sparke Films Move over, Jurassic Park: a wild new dinosaur series that completely reinvents history is in the works, and there’s a brand-new trailer for it. Although the Jurassic franchise will probably never go extinct, we are now at least entering an age where there are some other exciting dino movies, and they keep taking us to []

Exotic Animals Take Over The Village At Meridian [Photos]

Exotic Animals Take Over The Village At Meridian [Photos]

Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply

Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species ActClimate change is driving a gray whale “catastrophic mortality event” in the Pacific Ocean as melting sea ice depletes food sources and the animals starve, environmental groups warn.Meanwhile, a range of other issues, like ship strikes, oil spills, microplastic pollution, algal blooms and Russian harvesting are also probably contributing to the die-off that has nearly halved the whales’ estimated population. It fell from 20,000 in 2019 to fewer than 13,000 this year, and the deaths appear to be accelerating. Continue reading...

Colossal and the US Government Are Creating an Endangered Species ‘BioVault’

The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that’s meant to protect endangered species from going extinct in the first place.

Experts warn of ways screwworm could spread in the US and new difficulties in keeping it at bay

Scientists worry that current eradication efforts won’t be able to contain parasitic infestation pushing into USWhen conservationists set up cameras in remote regions of Central American forests, they wanted to monitor illegal cattle movement, which can lead to deforestation. But in recent months, they discovered another alarming development: wildlife rapidly infected with the new world screwworm.It’s a warning sign of how the fly could spread in the US – and it signals new difficulties in pushing it back south, a process that will probably take years, experts say. Continue reading...

Scientists share details about first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica

Scientists share details about first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica

New England Aquarium trainer joins effort to save endangered penguin chicks in South Africa

Scientists warn the species is nearing extinction within the next decade, but conservationists say there's still hope. The post New England Aquarium trainer joins effort to save endangered penguin chicks in South Africa appeared first on Boston.com.

Snake Parasite Jumps Species — Into Her Head

The most shocking part of this story is not the live worm pulled from a woman’s brain, but how quietly it exposes the real risks hiding in “natural” living. Story Snapshot Doctors removed an 8-centimeter live python parasite from a woman’s frontal lobe in Australia. This was the first recorded human infection by the snake []

General : Stick Insects Becoming Harder To Find Amid Concerns Over Habitat Change

By Muhammad Afiq Mohd Asri KOTA BHARU, July 4 (Bernama) -- Stick insects, famed for their twig-like camouflage, are believed to be increasingly rare in the wild, sparking concerns over a potential population decline linked to habitat and climate change.

Trump Admin to Open Habitats of Endangered Species to Logging, Mining

For the first time ever, a presidential administration now claims that species protected by the Endangered Species Act shouldn't be safe from habitat modification that destroys where they live, raise their young, or search for food, Earthjustice attorney Kristen Boyles said in a statement.