Scientists found a “long”-limbed creature with “metallic” eyes in a bamboo forest of Vietnam and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from the Zoological Society of London ...

With this goal in mind, a team of researchers hiked up Mount Po Ma Lung, a 9,700-foot-tall peak along the Vietnam-China border, in August 2023.

Thousands of feet up on a mountain in Vietnam, a bumpy creature with “long” limbs stopped on a darkened trail. Its “metallic” eyes scanned the surrounding bamboo forest, but it wasn’t ...