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Egg-Sucking Sea Slug from Florida's Cedar Key Named after Muppets Creator Jim Henson

June 20, 2019

Named Olea hensoni, the slug belongs to the sacoglossans, a group of more than 300 species that are such enthusiastic ea...

New Species of Tiny Tyrannosaur Foreshadows Rise of T. Rex

February 22, 2019

A newly discovered, diminutive—by T. rex standards—relative of the tyrant king of dinosaurs reveals cru...

229 New Species Described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2018

December 6, 2018

From fish to flowering plants and seahorses to snakes—spanning five continents and three oceans—these new discove...

Rare and Diverse Giant Viruses Unexpectedly Found in a Forest Soil Ecosystem

November 19, 2018

UMass Amherst and DOE Joint Genome Institute describe 16 new large-DNA virus species

ESF Lists Top 10 New Species for 2018

May 23, 2018

New to science: Plants, animals, and microbes that have "found a way to survive against the odds"

New Shark Species Confirmed

February 21, 2018

The sixgill shark residing in the Atlantic Ocean is actually a different species than its Indian and Pacific Ocean counterpar...

New Species of Marine Spider Emerges at Low Tide

December 27, 2017

Unlike the spiders which people are familiar with, the intertidal species, whose representative is Bob Marley's namesake, are...

85 New Species Described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2017

December 21, 2017

From fish to flowering plants and sea slugs, to scorpions, spanning five continents and three oceans, these discoveries add t...

There's a Deeper Fish in the Sea

November 30, 2017

The Mariana snailfish thrives at depths of up to about 8,000 meters along the Mariana Trench near Guam

New Discovery: Common Jellyfish Is Actually Two Species

November 24, 2017

Researchers determine that US Atlantic sea nettle and the Atlantic bay nettle are individual species

Galapagos Study Finds That New Species Can Develop in as Little as 2 Generations

November 24, 2017

The arrival 36 years ago of a strange bird to a remote island in the Galapagos archipelago has provided direct genetic eviden...

Discovery: Bernie Sanders Spider

September 27, 2017

Undergrads find new spider species—name them after Obamas, Leonardo DiCaprio

New Species of Frog from the Neotropics Carries Its Heart on Its Skin

May 30, 2017

The new species can also be distinguished by the relatively large dark green spots at the back of its head and the forem...

Discovery of New Ginger Species Spices up African Wildlife Surveys

March 24, 2017

Yet another endemic species for the DRC's Kabobo Massif has been discovered, bringing the number of unique species known for ...

Species New to Science Named after a 'Dungeons & Dragons' Character

February 16, 2017

New species of land snail takes name from goddess featured in popular role playing game

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