Unfortunately for NC arachnophobes, one of these species may prefer hiding in folded linens, closets and shoes.

Dr. Girish Kumar P, Principal Scientist at the Zoological Survey of India, named the species after his former zoology ...

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Researchers discovered two new species of snake eels in Vietnam, one with "robust" teeth and one with "sharp" teeth.

Kobayashi and his colleagues christened the new therizinosaur, Duonychus tsogtbaatari. The genus name means “double claw”, ...

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Photos from Vo, Hibino, Ho, Le and Seah (2025) Researchers said they named the new species “nguyenorum” after “three doctors with the last name Nguyen” for their research on fish classification in ...

With distinctive two-fingered claws, the remains of a previously unknown species of dinosaur suggest it looked like a ...

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