Obscured by the darkness, a “long”-tailed creature prowled an island in Japan looking for its next meal. Its “large” red eyes scanned the plants for prey. But it wasn’t the only one searching that ...

More than a thousand feet beneath an expansive ice shelf, a “slender” creature scurried through the frigid depths of the Antarctic waters on its “long” legs — straight into a huge net. Researchers ...

Scientists boarded a submersible and plunged into the depths of the South China Sea. Thousands of feet below the surface, they encountered a “large” spine-covered creature. It turned out to be a new ...

Scientists aboard a research vessel near Antarctica pulled their nets out of the chilly ocean water. Among their catch, they found a 20-armed creature with a distinctive body shape. It’s a new species ...

In a remote region of southwestern Africa, a "large" patterned creature perched on some rocks until something spooked it. It ran "rapidly to escape" but couldn't avoid the attention of nearby ...

A woman was snorkelling while on holiday in Mexico and when she encountered a large creature near the surface and decided to get "up close and personal" with it because she didn't realise what it ...

Scientists found “large” creatures with spines on their bellies near a waterfall in Vietnam and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Pham, Hoang, Phan, Pham, Ong, Nguyen, Ziegler and ...

Wildlife rangers found a 2-foot-long creature with a pink belly in a forest of China and discovered a “cute” new species, scientists said. Photo from Declan Sun via Unsplash In a forest of southern ...

Scientists found a “large”-tongued creature in a water tank in India and discovered a new species, a study said. Google Street View May 2023 © 2025 Google In a ...

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