New Species and Discoveries

18+ hour, 42+ min ago   (357+ words) Results from a survey of Guernsey's freshwater habitats have been called "nothing short of incredible" as they reveal thousands of new species to the island. The project from Guernsey Water and the Guernsey Nature Commission used environmental DNA to look…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (840+ words) A bizarre belemnite fossil from Wyoming has been identified as a new species, revealing the thickest known member of this ancient squid relative group. There’s a fossil in a Wyoming museum drawer that spent two decades being, essentially, a mystery…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (633+ words) They looked almost identical, but their DNA told a story nearly 10 million years in the making. The Waorani hunters knew where to look. Wading into river systems threading through their territory in Ecuador’s Orellana and Pastaza provinces, they led a…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (513+ words) Brigid Lynch was walking through a redwood forest in the San Mateo County hills when she noticed something unusual, half-submerged in the flowing water of a creek: a big smooth object that didn’t look like any of the other rocks....

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (341+ words) The newly discovered “Lielaphis slashi” is a 28-inch-long reddish-brown snake from the forests of New Guinea. Named by the seven researchers who contributed to the study, this new discovery celebrates Slash’s work as a musician, as well as the guitarist’s…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (49+ words) en.ammonnews.net Strange deep-sea fish found walking sideways and backwards on ocean floor Ammon News - One of the few deep-sea fish known to trot on the ocean floor can also walk backwards, scientists say, calling it a "paradigm-shifting revelation…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (263+ words) Updated - September 08, 2026 07:34 pm IST - IDUKKI Researchers have discovered a new species of lichen, Buellia maharajensis, in Mathikettan Shola National Park. This marks the fourth lichen variety discovered within the park, near Santhanpara in Idukki. A five-member team made the discovery…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (134+ words) Saskatoon StarPhoenix Marten Stoffel says while turkey vultures rarely nest in the city, it's not entirely uncommon for them to hang out on a high object for a night. Randy Mazenc and his wife were in the backyard of their…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (231+ words) September 8, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) AOMORI -- The Japanese mountain mole, sometimes called a "phantom mole," has been found for the first time in the Shirakami-Sanchi mountains, a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site spanning Aomori and Akita prefectures in north Japan, a research…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (643+ words) Scientists Found a ‘Balrog’ Cricket in a Greek Military Tunnel A-Z Animals...