Near a village in northeastern India, a “dwarf”-like creature with a “large” mouth swam through the river — or tried to, at least. But something pulled it out of the water, moved it around and dropped ...

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Trawlers looked at their net; they’d caught a new species. Researchers visited the Mekong River estuary near Ho Chi Minh City ...

Six months ago as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused some of the worst flooding seen in decades on the New River, there ...

A team of explorers rappelled into the shaft-like cave and found a “pinkish” animal living in a cold river of the “deep dark zone.” Take a look.

NAIROBI ― A new killifish species, scientifically known as Nothobranchius sylvaticus, has been documented in seasonal swamps ...

At first glance, the fish looked like another known species, but when researchers looked closer, they noticed some subtle but consistent differences. The team had discovered a new species ...