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‘Large’-eyed creature with ‘slender’ fingers found at temple. It’s a new species
Scientists found a “large”-eyed creature with “slender” fingers near a temple in India and discovered a new species, study said. Photo from A. Sayyed via Sayyed, Das, Amarasinghe, Bhattacharjee and ...
New genus and species of mole identified from fossil discovered at the Camp dels Ninots site
A team of researchers has identified and described Vulcanoscaptor ninoti ("the Camp dels Ninots volcano digger"), a ...
‘Large’-eyed creature with ‘gem’-like pattern found in pond. It’s a new species
Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a seasonal pond, formed during the wet season and already shrinking.
Venomous snakes and 1,000 pound mammals; meet Michigan's unique wildlife
Michigan is home to a wide range of different animals, from freshwater crustaceans, venomous snakes and 1,000-pound mammals.
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Giant Sloths and Many Other Massive Creatures Were Once Common on Our Planet. With Environmental Changes, Such Giants Could Thrive Again
If large creatures like elephants, giraffes and bison are allowed to thrive, they could alter habitats that allow for the ...
Vibrant fish found in pond as it dried up and 3 other new species discoveries
A new species of fish, Lacustricola gemma, or the gem lampeye fish, was discovered in a shrinking pond in the Democratic ...
What drove North America’s large mammals to extinction after the last ice age
Fifty thousand years ago, North America's landscapes were alive with an astonishing array of enormous creatures. Massive woolly mammoths roamed vast icy plains, while dense forests echoed with the ...
‘Large’-eyed creature found in murky water of shrinking pond. It’s a new species
On a floodplain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a shrinking pond, doomed to eventually dry up. Inside its murky ...
‘Large’ camouflaged creature found on Angola rocks. It’s a ‘cryptic’ new species
Scientists found a “large” camouflaged creature on rocks in Angola and discovered a “cryptic” new species, a study said. Photo from Lobón-Rovira, Heinicke, Bauer, Conradie and Pinto (2025) ...
‘Large’ creature seen running ‘rapidly’ on rocks in Angola. It’s a new species
Scientists found a “large” creature running “rapidly” across rocks in Angola and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Lobón-Rovira, Heinicke, Bauer, Conradie and Pinto (2025) ...
Outdoors: Why is that turkey rolling around in the dirt?
Dust bathing among birds and mammals is done to deter parasites, regulate body heat, and remove excess skin debris and oils.
‘Large’ furry creatures found in Mexico rainforest in first-of-its-kind sighting
The sighting extends the species’s known range by about 75 miles northwest from its closest occurrence in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, the study said. This is also the first time the species has been ...