In a river of northeastern Brazil, an “armored” creature with “large” eyes paused to rest against a rock. The maze-like ...

Deep below the surface of a river in northern Brazil, a “shy” creature tucked its “armored” body into a rocky crevice. Divers ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has launched the Poppy Cam, a new livestream of its baby pygmy hippo Poppy and her mother, Iris. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, at the zoo. The Poppy Cam lets hippo lovers ...

By Liz Kimbrough Scientists and Indigenous community members documented 27 new-to-science species in Peru’s Alto Mayo region, including four new mammals and a bizarre “blob-headed” fish that was ...

This new to science dwarf squirrel species (Microsciurus sp ... It is a type of bristlemouth armored catfish. Photo by Robinson Olivera courtesy of Conservation International Liz Kimbrough ...

including 15 threatened species like the dwarf loach, giant devil catfish, Asiatic softshell turtles and the Asian black bear, researchers said. Some species were identified by extracting their ...

Americans who have fallen in love with Moo Deng no longer need to travel to Thailand to see a baby pygmy hippo in person. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, to the Metro Richmond Zoo's resident pygmy ...

Discovery of the Cave Crocodiles In 2008, archaeologist Richard Oslisly uncovered a population of dwarf crocodiles in ... their evolution into a separate species. Researchers believe this process ...

help the species and that sort of thing." Andelin notes there are fewer than 2,000 pygmy hippos in the wild, so this truly is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Poppy also won’t be this small for ...

BBC Three and BBC Scotland have greenlit a gripping true crime documentary series which will focus on the chilling story of a Scottish "catfish" who was imprisoned for a third time last year.

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...