Strange Sea Species Found Off Greenland
Alien of the Deep Looking like a creature from the Alien movies, this nightmarish “longhead dreamer” anglerfish (Chaenophryne longiceps) was until recently an alien species to Greenland waters (map). The dreamer, which grows to a not-so-monstrous 6.7 inches (17 centimeters) in length, is 1 of 38 fish species found around the Arctic island More...
Wild Gorillas Groom U.S. Tourist in Uganda
Wild gorillas approach tourist John J. King II in a video still A troop of wild mountain gorillas recently turned a typical ecotourism encounter upside down when the animals paid a visit to a tented camp in Uganda’s Bwindi More...
“Virgin Birth” Record Broken by Hotel Shark
A wild zebra shark swims off Thailand She may be confined to a desert hotel, and far from any males, but a zebra shark named Zebedee is record-breakingly fertile. The female shark, which lives in a restaurant aquarium More...
Pythons Eating Through Everglades Mammals at “Astonishing” Rate?
A killed 16-foot Burmese python in the Everglades was found with an adult deer in its belly this past fall. From rabbits to deer to even bobcats, invasive Burmese pythons appear to be eating through the Everglades’ More...
New-Species Pictures: Cowboy Frog, Armored Catfish, More
Photograph courtesy Paul Ouboter via Conservation International Sporting a spur on its heel, the aptly named cowboy frog is 1 of 46 potentially new species found during recent expeditions in the tiny South American More...