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Tech

5,000 Wild New Species Discovered in Region That Ocean Mining Will Soon Devastate

05.25.23

By Becky Ferreira
News

There’s a New Dinosaur Species And It’s One of the World’s Largest

06.08.21

By Shamani Joshi
News

Check Out This ‘Freaky’ New Frog Species Found Hiding in Plain Sight

05.10.21

By Anthony Esguerra
Tech

The Smallest Fossilized Monkey Ever Is the Size of a Hamster

07.29.19

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

This Scottish Worm Has Eyes on Its Butt

06.20.19

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

A Bizarre New Species of Mollusk Eats Rocks, Poops Sand, and Shapes Rivers

06.20.19

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

This Preserved Millipede Lived 99 Million Years Ago Alongside Dinosaurs

05.02.19

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Who Needs Aliens When Prehistoric Anus-Faced Worms Already Existed

08.03.17

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Oh This Old Thing? It’s Just a Three-Foot-Long Shipworm

04.17.17

By Lisa Cumming
Tech

Slime-Shooting ‘Spiderman’ Worm Snail Discovered on Sunken Shipwreck

04.05.17

By Sarah Emerson
Tech

The Facebook Group Identifying Rare Species in Cambodia

04.12.16

By Charles Parkinson
Tech

Having Tea with India’s Frogman

03.03.16

By Daniel Oberhaus

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