New Species

The critters are particularly sensitive to other insects—and nosey researchers.

A new study investigated a zone of the ocean where life is so different from the regions above and below that an entirely new category is required to describe it.

It's related to an extremely deadly spider, but it's in its own genus and, thankfully, its venom isn't toxic enough to kill a human.

The flight speed of these bats has posed difficulties for researchers wishing to study them.

The pollywog was even bigger than the arachnid.

It was in the deepest sea trench on earth.

Before, there were six nonhuman great apes. Today there are seven.

This giant rat is gold-colored, a foot and a half long, and was just a rumor among scientists for decades.

The Illacme tobini millipede has 414 legs and four gonopods—the millipede equivalents of penises.

It can now be found at more than a dozen spots throughout the state.

The fish has specialized teeth for grinding seeds.

The list includes an anglerfish, a crazy-looking bat and toothed frogs.

Meet the sunrise firebelly, the flame-tipped jewel and the robust sparklewing.

It represents not only a new species but a new genus as well.

The mollusk can fit through the head of a sewing needle.

The fish lure prey in with a glowing appendage above their head.

Naturalists discovered 139 new species in Southeast Asia in 2014.

The fanged frog lives on the island of Sulawesi.