‘Cryptic’ striped creature found on shrubs around eastern Great Lakes. See new species
The butterfly appears to be a hybrid between two known tiger swallowtail species — P. glaucus and P. canadensis — but because ...
10 new sponge species discovered in Hawaii's Kāne'ohe Bay
In a succession of studies published this week and last month in the journals PeerJ and Zootaxa, researchers at Hawai'i ...
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‘Golden’-eyed creature found burrowing at campsite in Mozambique. It’s a new species
Scientists found a “cryptic” creature with “pale golden” eyes at a campground and discovered a new species, a study said.
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Scientists unveil potential new pangolin species, highlighting conservation challenges
See All Key Ideas Around 3.4 million years ago, a hidden evolutionary tale unfolded in the Indo-Burma region: a cryptic pangolin species diverged from the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla).
2-foot-long mammal — ‘completely spiny’ — turns out to be new species in Colombia
In a darkened forest of central Colombia, a 2-foot-long mammal climbed a tree and paused to rest its “completely spiny” body.
Some species of baleen whales may avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton ...
‘Copper’-eyed creature found lurking in Ecuador forest and discovered as new species
In a darkened forest of northern Ecuador, a “long”-limbed creature perched on a bush and called out. Its “copper” eyes scanned the shadowy landscape, but it wasn’t the only one looking around. Passing ...
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‘Golden’-eyed creature found burrowing at campsite in Mozambique. It’s a new species
Scientists found a “cryptic” creature with “pale golden” eyes at a campground and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Alan Channing Near a campsite in southeastern Africa, ...