Near a campsite in southeastern Africa, a “golden”-eyed creature sat in the sand and called out with “high-pitched notes.” Its “cryptic” looks and “poorly studied” home helped it go largely overlooked ...

Pat Hutchings, a marine biologist focused on studying marine worms, visited Bora-Bora in 2015 while on vacation and decided to go scuba diving, she told McClatchy News via email. During the dive, some ...

The new species “was recorded at relatively low elevations; the surrounding habitat consists of lowland mixed with ...

The new species, named Salmoneus manningi, is “overall whitish” with “ivory white” asymmetrical claws, researchers described.

On a subzero morning, I clip into skis and head out across my meadow, gliding between desiccated husks of sundial lupine ...

A sea creature was spotted off the coast of Hawaii, researchers said. Akira Hojo Unsplash During a survey, researchers in Hawaii got the chance to witness a sea creature whose body told “a story ...

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A sea creature was heard singing off the coast of Hawaii, researchers said. Akira Hojo Unsplash During a survey, researchers got the chance to listen to a sea creature being a “soulful performer ...

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