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Meet Punk and Emo, Two Angsty-Looking Fossils From 430 Million Years Ago That Shed Light on Early Mollusk Evolution
The prehistoric creatures look to be sporting a punk hairstyle and emo bangs, and one of them seemingly moved like an inchworm ...
4-foot-long predator, kept in captivity for over a decade, discovered as new species
A scientist visiting Ethiopia in the 1980s found an olive-colored predator and decided to keep it. After its death almost 20 ...
Clawed cave creature with dozens of ‘slender’ legs found in Vietnam. See new species
It was in this environment, deep in the caves at the base of a mountain in Na Hang Nature Reserve, that researchers discovered a new species of pale millipede. The species, named Sinocallipus similis, ...
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Giant marine worms found living under the ocean floor
Giant worms are discovered living in cavities under the ocean floor in hydrothermal systems, expanding knowledge of ...
‘Large’-mouthed river creature — kept as aquarium pet — turns out to be new species
The new species has been known among aquarium hobbyists for years and kept as a pet by “several dedicated hobbyists all over ...
26-legged creature — with tufts of fluff — discovered in China. It’s a new species
Lophoturus sineprocessus, as the new species is named, belongs to an order of millipedes commonly found foraging under bark, ...
‘Large’ forest creature found lurking at abandoned home in China. It’s a new species
As night fell across a nature reserve in China, a “large” creature emerged from the forest and climbed onto an old house.