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A new species of fossil from 444 million years ago that has perfectly preserved insides has been affectionately named "Sue" ...

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A species of old-growth tree that is totally new to science has been hiding out in a narrow slice of mountain rainforest in ...

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

NAIROBI ― A new killifish species, scientifically known as Nothobranchius sylvaticus, has been documented in seasonal swamps ...

On a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, a rare species once declared extinct in the wild has been rediscovered. Partula ...

The Partula tohiveana snail has been reclassified as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List after being previously ...

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Hikers in Papua New Guinea heard an “eep-eep-eep” sound and followed it to a yellow-spotted animal. Take a look.