Newfound Species
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Newly discovered neon-green spider named after the 'Lady Gaga of mathematics'
By Laura Geggel published
Given their coloring, the members of this spider's family are known as green cucumber spiders.
Adorable Shark Fits in Your Hand, Looks Like a Mini Sperm Whale
By Mindy Weisberger published
And the tiny shark has a wee pocket near its fin.
Meet the Cat-Fox, an Oddball Feline Roaming Around a French Island
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
They're big and have fox-like tails.
This Weird Animal Eats Rocks for Breakfast
By Laura Geggel published
Rocks might not sound like a delectable meal to most life-forms, but it's on the menu for a newly identified species of a plump, bizarre-looking clam.
Please Do Not Feed These Tweezer-Beaked, Hopping Rats Peanut Butter!!!
By Rafi Letzter published
These kangaroo-like rats turn up their long, toothless snouts at peanut butter, but they love earthworms.
Iridescent Bones of a Lost Dinosaur Herd Discovered in an Opal Mine
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Gemstones are precious, especially when they come filled with dinosaur bones.
Car-Size 'Sea Monster' Terrorized Triassic Oceans
By Laura Geggel published
A crocodile-like beast the length of a Volkswagen Beetle terrorized prey in the late Triassic oceans about 210 million years ago, a new study finds.
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