The 450-million-year-old fossilized corpse of a new species of spider has been discovered as fool's gold. The Oxford University research team discovered the fossil in New York's Beecher's Trilobite Bed, a layer of rock that hosts many well-preserved fossils. Scientists have determined that the new species is distantly related to other arachnids, such as horseshoe … Read more
A newly discovered species has been named after Leonardo DiCaprio. The Miami Herald reported, citing an “ongoing study” published in the journal Nature on October 21. Scientists who discovered a new species of copper-colored snake with dozens of teeth have named the creature after DiCaprio to honor the actor's environmental efforts. The researchers said in … Read more
A species of tree thought to have been lost to history has been successfully regrown from a 1,000-year-old seed, according to new research. A recent study published in the Communication biology magazine describes how the botanists accomplished the biblical feat. In the 1980s, a perfectly intact seed was found in a cave in the Judean … Read more
For the first time in 55 years, a “lost species” that has eluded documentation for more than half a century has been photographed, the World Wildlife Fund (WFF) reports. Fiji-based photographer Tom Vierus was hiking in the Nakanai Mountains of Papua New Guinea back in March when he took a photo of the extremely rare … Read more
Researchers have discovered an underwater mountain 900 miles off the coast of Chile that may contain up to 20 previously undiscovered species, according to stunning footage. ABC News and Astrobiology News reported that the 1.9-mile-tall seamount—one-third the height of Mount Everest—was discovered during a 28-day expedition to the Nazca Ridge, an underwater mountain range in … Read more