Researchers on an expedition to the western Pacific Ocean near Japan and the Philippines recently discovered a brightly-colored new species of scorpionfish that has some pretty interesting ...

Scientists found a “slender” creature with “pointed” teeth hiding in a Brazil river and discovered a new species, a study said and photos show. Photo from Vilardo, Katz and Costa (2025) In a stream of ...

A beachgoer was shocked to discover a rarely-spotted fish, with a monstrous-looking body shaped like a football, washed up at a California beach last week. Crystal Cove State Park shared pictures of ...

While conducting a survey in the western Pacific Ocean near Japan and the Philippines, researchers came across several brightly colored fish with unique characteristics — they were a new species.

Scientists found a “rare” slimy creature hiding in “brackish water” of Japan and the Philippines and discovered a new species. Photo from Hirozumi Kobayashi via Huang, Hibino, Balisco and Liao (2024) ...

In a forest of southern India, a 1-foot-long creature with “pointed” teeth hid under a fallen tree. At least, it tried to hide. Visiting scientists rolled away the log and found the lurking animal. It ...

Meet the Neobythites superocellatus, or "large eyespotted cusk-eel," a new species of fish discovered in the Pacific Ocean. Uiblein and Nielsen Its third eye is blind. Scientists discovered a five new ...

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Drum fish are given their unique name not because they have drums in their bodies but because they let out croaker sounds produced by their swim bladders. There are around 275 species of drum fish, ...