Scientists have recently described one of the world’s tiniest vertebrates: an adorable miniature toad species found in ...
Tesoro’s caecilian, a “large,” limbless amphibian, was found in the forests of Ecuador. Known for its “unique” coloring and ...
Leonardo DiCaprio is a snake. A newly discovered species of a toothy snake in the Western Himalayas has been named in ...
The Shellowship of the Ring: Two New Snail Species Named After Tolkien Characters Nov. 11, 2024 — Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after ...
Traditionally, the person who first describes a newfound animal is entitled to name it, but now, Scripps is inviting the public to share in this process of discovery, by choosing the name of a ...
A newly discovered species has been named in honor of Leonardo DiCaprio, The Miami Herald reported, citing an “ongoing study” published in the journal Nature on Oct. 21. Scientists who ...
They were discovered when researchers in the summer of 2020 decided to search for some poorly known snake species as part of ongoing research on reptiles. The snakes were found basking on mud ...