‘Strong'-armed creature with yellow fingertips found on peak. It's a new species

On a mountain in southern China, a "strong"-armed creature with yellow fingertips perched in a bamboo forest. Its "large" ...

Banded creature - more than a foot long - found in China stream for first time

In a mountainous province in southern China, a venomous creature calls a rocky stream home. The Guizhou province includes the ...

‘Dragon’-like creature with pink legs found at monastery. It’s a new species

At a monastery in Thailand, a “dragon”-like creature used its “long” pink legs to climb across the rocks toward a potential mate. Something about it caught the attention of visiting scientists — and ...

Forest creature — with ‘coppery’ arms — is new species in China orchid reserve

Leptobrachella are a group of leaf litter frogs that are “ forest dwellers,” and species in this group are spread out through China, Myanmar, northeastern India, Borneo and Natuna Island, according to ...

‘Large’ creature with spines on its belly found in stream. It’s a new species

As darkness settled across southern China, a “large” creature with spines on its belly sat in a stream. Its multicolored eyes ...

‘Golden’ sea creature found ‘deep within’ underwater caves. It’s a new species

Mikey’s golden pygmygobies were “typically found deep within caves” of offshore coral reefs, the study said. The fish were seen swimming “along the surface of cave roofs and walls in small groups of ...

Aquatic creature with ‘pointed’ teeth found hiding in Brazil. It’s a new species

Jussari catfish were found in a “clearwater stream” and hiding “mainly in the roots of the invasive species Hedychium coronarium,” a type of ginger lily, researchers said. Much about the new species’ ...

‘Bent-toed’ creature found in lava cave in Vietnam in first-of-its-kind sighting

Ziegler’s bent-toed geckos, or Cyrtodactylus ziegleri, were first discovered in 2008 in a neighboring province of Vietnam. Photos show the roughly 3- to 4-inch-long geckos and their blotchy brown ...
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Wildlife rescuers respond after exotic creature is found in middle of neighborhood street: 'Often released by pet owners'

When left to their own devices, boa constrictors can threaten the ecosystem and create an imbalance in an area's biodiversity ...
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Mystery creature found in 'forbidden cloud forest' of Peru is new species of marsupial

While exploring the region around an archaeological site in the Peruvian Andes, researchers discovered a never-before-seen creature. The tiny, big-eyed marsupial — named Marmosa chachapoya — is a ...

9-ton prehistoric creature — with duck-bill face — found as new species in NM

The hadrosaur would have lived in the same ecosystem as armored ankylosaurids, horned dinosaurs like the Navajoceratops, as well as the “Bisti Beast,” a well-known horned dinosaur of New Mexico, ...
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2-foot-long creature found lurking near stream in China. It’s a new species

Scientists found a 2-foot-long creature with “large” eyes lurking near a stream in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto As night settled across southern ...