Despite all the research done over the years, new animal species are being found every year, 2024 included. Here are a few of the most notable discoveries.

They called the new species Capitojoppa amazonica. “Capito” came from the medieval Latin word for “big head,” for obvious reasons. “Joppa” pays homage to the wasp’s smaller cousins, the Joppa genus.

On June 16, a female wallaby named Mac escaped Grace and Glory Animals, an animal education zoo in Oswego, New York. Therein ...

Banded dragonfish. Scientists have discovered a new species of Antarctic dragonfish called a banded dragonfish (Akarotaxis gouldae) and published their findings in the journal Zootaxa.The fish was ...

But “it was most likely not the longest animal ever.” A portion of the whale's skeleton was discovered recently in southern Peru, according to the study published Wednesday in the British ...

Deep, deep in geologic time, some 600 million or 700 million years ago, the very first animals evolved on Earth. Their closest relatives that still live today include sponges, sea anemones and ...

The world’s most resilient animal, the microscopic tardigrade, produces a radiation-resisting protein that could revolutionize cancer treatment, according to a new study. Scientists found that ...

Two new wolf packs found in California over 100 years after animal disappeared from state By . Angela Barbuti. Published Nov. 30, 2024, 5:20 p.m. ET.

Two of the most dangerous animals in the world can be found in New Hampshire. New Hampshire might not seem like the locale for dangerous animals.After all, its mountainous terrain and cold winters ...

The animal is a 5-meter-long aquatic reptile from the Triassic period of China. LONDON -- Scientists in Scotland have revealed a remarkable discovery of a "very strange" 240 million-year-old ...

The tokay gecko is a species of lizard largely native to Asia that scientists recently discovered has been hiding a biological quirk deep within its inner ear, according to a new study in Current ...