Females are a dull brownish gray but — like their namesake, the peacock — male sparklemuffins pull out all the stops in the ...

At first glance, the young creature caught in a desert of eastern Africa might not have looked like much. But the slightly iridescent animal turned out to be a new species. Jakob Hallermann and ...

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...

Scientists found an “iridescent” creature with a short lifespan in a swamp in Kenya and discovered a new species, already critically endangered. Photo from Dirk Bellstedt In a glorified puddle ...

Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet ... These tube ambushing worms were found at depths of around 3,720 feet, showcasing iridescent bodies and dark brown ...

an “iridescent” creature with a “chevron” pattern swam through the muddy water. Its remote home and short lifespan helped it go largely unnoticed — until recently. When scientists stumbled across the ...

Inside deep-sea coral in the Pacific, an iridescent creature waits in ambush. Zhou Y, Zhang R, Shen C, Mao Q, Zhang M, Zhang D (2025) ZooKeys The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...