The largest species of giant elephant shrew has been discovered in Tanzania, and it may actually have an ancient connection to elephants.
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Giant sea spiders, spine-crushing daggertooth fish, and pink "sea pigs" are just a sampling of exotic creatures hauled up by scientists during a recent Antarctic expedition.
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Mon March 17, 2008
A small greenish bird that has been playing hide-and-seek with ornithologists on a remote Indonesian island since 1996 was declared a newly discovered species on Friday and promptly recommended for endangered lists.
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Feared extinct in parts of West Africa, the mysterious pygmy hippopotamus has recently been photographed in the war-ravaged forests of Liberia.
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PARIS (AFP) - In a rare discovery of a new species of mammal, zoologists on Thursday said they had identified a shrew-like creature called a grey-faced sengi living in a small community in remote Tanzania.
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Scientists have discovered 11 new species of animals and plants in a remote area in central Vietnam, WWF said today.
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An expedition to a remote forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo uncovers six new animal species.
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Furry crabs, heat-resistant shrimps, and a giant species of lobster are among this year's top discoveries from the Census of Marine Life ocean survey.
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Fri December 01, 2006
Scientists have found a new type of piranha and a ray among 13 new species of freshwater fish in an area of Venezuela where pollution from gold mines is emerging as a threat, a conservationist said on Thursday.
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With its conspicuous blue eyes and shiny orange claws, this colorful crab seems hard to miss.
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The result of a voyage which was part of the ongoing Census of Marine Life (CoML) that has the purpose of mapping ocean life throughout the world has been the discovery of about 10 to 20 new species of small creatures living in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.
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An international expedition to one of Asia's most isolated jungles has discovered a virtual "lost world" of new animal species and giant flowers, as well as rare mammals that were unafraid of humans, organizers said Tuesday.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the remote and inhospitable Canadian Arctic is teeming with life, says a team of international scientists who just completed a 30-day expedition to the northern ocean.
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A new species of salamander has been identified in the Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon and Northern California, demonstrating the biological richness of the region, researchers say.
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