Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The ...

A "blob-headed" fish and a semi-aquatic mouse are among 27 newly discovered species found in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest in Peru. Scientists also encountered a new species of dwarf ...

For the past 44 years, paleontologists thought “blob” fossils found in Illinois were jellyfish, according to a Colorado museum. Turns out, they are sea anemones. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi, ...

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, ...