Thanks to its slow metabolism and adaptability to the isolated environment of New Zealand, the tuatara has managed to survive while many other species ... rivers. Triops, or tadpole shrimp ...

A green pit viper named after Salazar Slytherin from Harry Potter, an unfamiliar snake found in an Instagram post, and twelve ...

The new species out of China is known to lock its prey away, alive but paralyzed, until its young have hatched.

Tamil short-tail congers live on the “sandy bottom of shallow waters” and are “carnivores, mostly (feeding) on small ...

Researchers said the species was “abundant” but “difficult to capture” as it evaded their light traps in the tree canopy.

Tsuchiya via Unsplash Scattered across a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan, buried under rocks, or deep within the region’s humid soil, researchers discovered seven new species ...

In clear pools in the Dabie Mountains of China, a new species sports a pouty, thick-lipped look. Tian-En, C., et al (2025) Animals In the Dabie Mountains of China, crystal clear streams cut through ...

In the winter months of eastern Brazil, temporary streams offer a home for a new species of frog. Mângia, et al (2025) Journal of Vertebrate Biology In the eastern Brazil state of Bahia ...

A research team has identified a new species of tiger swallowtail butterfly living in eastern parts of North America. In their study, published in the journal ZooKeys, Julian Dupuis, B.

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