Scientists discovered 24 new deep-sea species in the Pacific, including a rare new superfamily - a completely new branch of ...

DNA tests and bird song recordings reveal Japan’s cryptic Tokara Leaf Warbler, a rare island bird only just recognized as its own species.

Researchers in Cambodia surveyed dozens of previously unexplored caves and found several species never seen before, including ...

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Lurking in the depths of the ocean are countless species that have never been seen by humans before. As part of a project to ...

Discover 25 rare species scientists only recently confirmed exist, from deep-sea isopods to new anacondas. Explore Earth's ...

Beneath the neon lights of a laser-scanning microscope, newly classified species glow in vivid greens and oranges—a far cry from the pitch-black abyss of their natural ocean floor. Researchers have ...

A team of biologists just discovered a new species of chiton, a marine mollusk that clings to rocks and feeds on algae. Acanthochitona feroxa is a spiky, armored sea creature that genetic analysis ...

More than 110 species of fish and invertebrates previously unknown to science were lurking between 200 metres and 3 ...

Just 3 cm long, this newly discovered female frog from Peru carries its eggs in a special pouch-like structure on her back.