(CNN) — Researchers on an expedition in Peru have discovered 27 animal species new to science – among them a “blob-headed fish” and a type of semi-aquatic mouse. The survey was conducted by ...

An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and an unsightly blob-headed fish are among the more than two dozen new species discovered by scientists in a remote region of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. A ...

LIMA, Peru (WKRC) - Researchers on an expedition in Peru discovered 27 animal species previously unknown to science. The findings include four mammals, eight fish, three amphibians and 10 butterfly ...

A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The variety of species identified was quite eclectic and names for the new ...

Locals found a “blunt”-headed river creature near a cave in China and discovered a new species, a study said and photos show. Photo from Hong-Fu Yang via Lei, Pu, Yang, Zhu, Mo, Liu, Wang and Bi (2025 ...

Which is why, this year, I’m leaning into my nerdish tendencies and rounding up some good, interesting, or inspiring news stories from the science world—promising discoveries, exciting new data, ...