"New" Fish Discovered Off Brazil's Coast

A new species of fish was discovered off Brazil's Coast.  Guy Marcovaldi working for TAMAR project which involves conservation of sea turtles, took the first images of the strange fish. "The fish is over 6 feet long, with a long tail was found floating in the sea by...

Sea Squirt, Sea Spider, Among New Species Found in Australia

A strange carnivore being called a sea squirt and a creepy deep water sea spider are among the many new and exotic species of underwater creatures discovered off the coast of Australia.  Using Jason, a...

Seventeen New Species Discovered in Tanzania

The rainforests of the South Nguru Mountains in eastern Tanzania were virtually unexplored until the arrival of Michele Menegon, a researcher from the Natural Science Museum of Trento, Italy, in 2004. She...

New species of flying reptile revealed in fossil

Scientists have discovered a new species of of flying reptile, calling it Lacusovagus. The fossil reveals this new pterosaur had a wing span of over 16 ft and would be more than three feet tall at its shoulder.The...

New species of bat, frogs found in Congo forests

By Claudia Parsons, ReutersNew York (ANTARA News) - Six new species, including a bat and two frogs, have been discovered in Democratic Republic of the Congo in an eastern area off limits to scientists for decades...

Unknown creatures found in cave

"Eight previously unknown invertebrate creatures have been discovered in an underground cave in central Israel. `The largest is a white shrimp-like crustacean. Another resembles a species of scorpion and is blind."

Bermuda Triangle

"Who says there is nothing new under the sun? Or in this case in the ocean where the sun never shines. Monsters from beneath the Bermuda Triangle "

Blonde Lobster, No Joke

Divers have discovered a new crustacean in the South Pacific that resembles a lobster and is covered with what looks like silky, blond fur, French researchers said Tuesday.The animal is white and 15 centimeters (5.9 inches) long -- about the size of a salad plate. Perfect.It...

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