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Hot pink swamp eel discovered in Indian rainforest

New tree species from Cameroon is possibly already extinct

New species of neon-colored fish discovered off Brazil

New species of blood-red coral found off Panama coast

Rare bird, feared extinct after hurricane, is spotted in Bahamas again

New orchid species discovered in Peruvian Amazon

The Japan pig is a tiny colorful pygmy seahorse smaller than a fingernail

Earless African pygmy toad discovered on remote mountain in Angola

Africa’s biggest cobra is five species, not one, study finds

Researcher names spectacular new frog after his granddaughter

New species of shark named after pioneering ‘Shark Lady’ Eugenie Clark

New species of venomous snake discovered by accident in Australia

Latam Eco Review: Five newly described snakes named by auction in Ecuador

New ‘goblin spiders’ from Sri Lanka named after Enid Blyton characters

Scientists find new snail-eating snakes, auction naming rights to save them

‘Rainbow’ chameleon among three new species described from Madagascar

Scientists highlight 9 potentially new reef fish species off West Papua

Six new peeping frogs discovered in western Mexico

New species of shrew discovered on a single mountaintop in the Philippines

New species of Malaysian water beetle named after Leonardo DiCaprio

New species of superb bird-of-paradise has special dance moves

New species of ‘exploding ant’ discovered in Borneo

Scientists stumble upon hundreds of octopus moms in the deep sea

Population of world’s rarest giant turtle rises to 4 with new discovery

‘Lost’ fairy lantern spotted in Malaysian Borneo after 151 years

Under the sea: Life is the bubbles in newly described deep-reef zone

150 years after being discovered, African monkey with handlebar moustache becomes its own species

Mysterious new butterfly named after YouTuber Emily Graslie

New thumbnail-sized pygmy squid discovered in Australia

New population of extremely rare ‘red handfish’ discovered off Tasmania

Scientists discover 18 new spider-hunting spiders from Madagascar

Ecuador announces a new national park in the Andes

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