Hiding in plain sight in Japan, researchers identified a new, “extremely rare” butterfly species with a remarkable wingspan ...

Intrigued by this “unusual” change in color, researchers caught several snakes, took a closer look at them, tested their DNA and realized they’d discovered a new species: Trimeresurus cryptographicus, ...

Found on two landmasses off the coast of the Yucatan, these surprise species could unfortunately already be in danger.

For decades, an "extremely rare" fossil sat unidentified in Japan's Museum of Unique Insect Fossils. Discovered in 1988 in ...

Apr. 1, 2025 — A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, ... New 'Shy' Fungus Found in Old ...

The new species were found in the East China Sea, a body of water off the eastern coast of China, south of Japan and South ...

Visiting scientists watched the “cryptic and elusive” animal — and discovered a new species. Researchers hiked ... it ages “like some cryptography text.” A photo shared by Zootaxa ...