Divers spotted the patterned animal and recognized it as a popular aquarium pet. It also turned out to be a new species. Scientists visited the Xingu River several times between 2004 and 2017 to ...

As night fell across western Thailand, a “long”-limbed creature emerged from the rocks and took up its perch. Its “large” eyes scanned the landscape, but it wasn’t the only one looking around. Nearby ...

Scientists found a “large” fanged creature with red eyes in a swamp and four other newly discovered elusive species from around the world. Photo from Le, Nguyen, Murphy, Tran, Nguyen and Che ...

Scientists searching for an extinct fish found a “large”-headed river creature and discovered a new species, a study said and photos show. Photo from Zarei, Mathebula and Chakona (2025 ...

A rare species of 'special concern', that had never before been caught on camera - while alive - was finally captured on film by a team of student researchers. The never-before-pictured Mount ...

At first glance, the young creature caught in a desert of eastern Africa might not have looked like much. But the slightly iridescent animal turned out to be a new species. Jakob Hallermann and ...

Deep-sea isopods found in markets and restaurants turned out to be a species new to science ... The massive sea creatures quickly became a delicacy in Vietnam and neighboring countries ...

Ng PKL, Sidabalok CM, Nguyen TS (2025) ZooKeys Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories. →Cryptic creature found at volcanic lava ...