Scientists have named two systems of colliding supermassive black holes after Lord of the Rings locations, Gondor and Rohan.

The people’s mollusc: Scientists name strange deep-sea creature after thousands offer suggestions online - Eleven different online participants independently suggested the same successful name ...

This week, researchers discovered a new species of daddy longlegs. They named it Iandumoema smeagol, taking the latter half of the name from the character in the Lord of the Rings books and movies.

Scientists have identified a previously unknown dragonfly species in Kerala’s agricultural lands. Named as Lyriothemis ...