When recognising a new species or subspecies, a “holotype” (i.e., the specimen from which the subspecies or species was first described) is required. The holotype for Calyptorhynchus banksii ...

San DiegoSan Diego — A second rhino has become pregnant this year through artificial insemination at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The pregnancy of 10-year-old Amani marks another milestone for an ...

A love of ferns, handed down from generation to generation, has resulted in a discovery for a Wellsboro grad and a name that ...

The first genetic study to compare nuclear DNA of endangered Antillean manatees in Belize with Florida manatees confirmed their designation as separate subspecies. Belize's manatees, however, were ...

Three subspecies of snow leopard have been discovered by scientists in the first ever genetic analysis of wild populations across vastly different ranges. The snow leopard—Panthera uncia—is the ...

POWELL — In the drainages, plateaus and enclaves of the Beartooth Mountains, a relic of two ice ages ago is thriving despite being isolated for hundreds of thousands of years. The Rocky Mountain ...

In a recent research letter published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, scientists from Japan discovered that the mutation of spike glycoprotein in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

Kalispell hunter Josh Clark set out this spring to take a Merriam’s turkey. Little did he know he would not only meet his goal, but pull off a truly unique double harvest on the same day. Montana’s ...

These wolf subspecies stand out as some of the most distinctive canines on the planet. Their unique traits evolved in response to extreme climates, isolated territories, and shifting ecosystems. Each ...