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A novelist cleaning up a California beach discovered a six-foot hoodwinker sunfish, one of Earth's rarest marine creatures that scientists thought couldn't cross the equator. The finding rewrites what we know about where these mysterious giants travel.
Meet the froghopper, a tiny Amazon insect that creates a protective bubble home from sap, air, and its own waste. Once it grows up, it becomes one of nature's most incredible athletes, jumping nearly 100 times its own body length.
Researchers captured the first-ever footage of tiny marsupial babies crawling to their mother's pouch, solving a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades. The 22-second video reveals remarkable survival instincts in creatures smaller than a grain of rice.
An Austrian researcher discovered a vibrant pink and yellow moth hiding in plain sight for 250 years, mistaken for a common species. He named the stunning Mediterranean moth after his wife to celebrate their 42nd wedding anniversary.
Scientists captured 300-pound jaguars making adorable meowing sounds while searching for their cubs in Brazil's Iguaçu National Park. The discovery reveals these powerful predators have a softer side we never knew existed.
Scientists exploring an ancient Roman water mine beneath a Spanish town discovered a tiny new species that has been hiding there for millennia. The find proves that unknown creatures can exist right under our feet, even in urban areas.
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A tiny frog collected in 1963 by two trailblazing Smithsonian scientists sat unnoticed in a museum jar for six decades before researchers discovered it was an entirely new species. The fingernail-sized amphibian may have gone extinct in the wild, but its preserved specimen now helps scientists understand Brazil's incredible biodiversity.
While filming with Will Smith in Ecuador's Amazon, scientists discovered a previously unknown anaconda species that breaks all size records. The northern green anaconda stretches over 20 feet long, and local legends suggest even bigger ones lurk in the remote rainforest.