A peculiar predator skulks across the forest floor. It’s dreadfully slow, but the cover of darkness — and leaf litter — keeps it hidden. It glides along dozens of stumpy legs, but it’s no centipede: ...

Outside the bustling city of Quito, Ecuador, the Tiputini Biodiversity Station sits in the middle of acres of undisturbed rainforest. The site is in the foothills of the Andes and represents one of ...

A new species of velvet worm, Peripatopsis barnardi, represents the first ever species from the arid Karoo, which indicates that the area was likely historically more forested than at present. In the ...