People in the Western world probably know Sichuan for its cuisine. Indeed, this province in southwestern China is famous ...

Asian pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus are notoriously difficult to tell apart and continue puzzling researchers to this day. Some species groups have similar-looking species (different species ...

scientists have uncovered a profound truth: nature seeks novelty over categorization. In every era, humans seek new ways to classify organisms that elude easy classification. And every once in a while ...

Finding and describing new species can be a tricky endeavor. Scientists typically look for distinctive characters that can differentiate one species from another. However, variation is a continuum ...