Dwarf crocodiles in Gabon found living in a cave, with their skin turning orange from swimming in guano. It's unclear how ...

A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The ...

In 2024, scientists described and named a staggering 190 new species, including a vegetarian piranha and a rat confined to a ...

Rocha, a scientist and curator at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, thought the fish was so unusual that ...

Researcher Christopher J. Bae identified Homo juluensis, a new human species that coexisted with Denisovans in Asia. A University of Hawaiʻi researcher may have identified a new human species, Homo ...

Botanists Name Beautiful New Species of 'Lipstick Vine' from the Philippine Rainforest Dec. 12, 2024 — Scientists have today announced the discovery of a species of lipstick vine completely new ...

A creature not seen since the 1800s reappeared in the net of artisanal fishers in Chile, and was one of the most read species ...

Acanthopsaron striatum and Pteropsaron flavissimum are new species of signalfish, a group of bottom-dwelling fish typically ...

Beijing spined loaches are considered “small,” reaching less than 3 inches in length, the study said. They have “slender,” ...

Multiple cold seeps have been identified in the South China Sea and were first found in the northern region in 2004, ...

Researchers realized Culshaw had accidentally imported the moth on a palm plant from the Netherlands, so they began a ...

Fishermen baited a trap with fruit and dropped it into a river in southern India. When they hauled in their catch, they found ...