A new-to-science species of praying mantis found in Iran has been named as a symbol of universal freedom. Sinaiella azadi was ...

Scientists have named newly detected merging supermassive black holes after ’Lord of the Rings’ locations, using gravitational wave data and quasar observations to map their mergers.

LONDON -- Researchers in China claim they have identified a new species of gibbon in the remote forests along its border with Burma - and have named it after Star Wars character Luke Skywalker.

Calvin College has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Academia by The Scientist , a magazine for the life sciences now in its 21st year. Survey results were published in the just-released ...

The discovery of a strange deep-sea mollusc sparked a global naming effort online, with researchers finally choosing a species name meaning "of the people”. Scientists first discovered the deep-sea ...

Scientists discovered a new dinosaur with enormous leg muscles and named it Brontomerus, which translates to thunder thighs in Greek. Scientists, trying to turn an insult into a positive, say it could ...

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