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All of the best news about discoveries of new species

A walking shark, a 3 foot sea creature with brown and white spots

A 'walking shark' was seen crawling along the bottom of the seafloor. It's a new species

Researchers were diving in Papua New Guinea when they discovered a strange new species in shallow waters.

Two frames of a light green, long limbed spider with markings on its back that resemble a smiley face.

The 'happy face spiders' of Hawaii have a new relative in the Himalayas. They evolved their smiley faces half a world apart

Devi Priyadarshini and Ashirwad Tripathy were on the hunt for Himalayan forest ants. Instead, they discovered an entirely new species.

A red hairy ghost pipefish swimming underwater

Scientists fell in love with this underwater 'Snuffleupagus' 23 years ago. It's finally being recognized as a new species

David Harasti had been searching for the elusive ghost pipefish for over two decades.

A green frog with a bumpy back is pictured close-up

New miniature 'marsupial' frog carries a secret in a hidden pouch

A new frog species in Peru created a stir in the world of herpetology.

A group of people wearing hiking gear look around a vast cave while holding flashlights

Spectacular blue 'cavern creature' spotted on expedition. It's a new species

A team of researchers plunged into over 60 caverns across Cambodia to count animals in the region. 11 new species awaited them.

Divers shared photos of an 'underwater panda.' It turned out to be a new species

The curious little sea creature turned heads back in 2017. It was finally added to scientific record.

Photograph of an orange monkey looking mammal, an "Olinguito," taken in the wild at Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador

New study reveals that 1,300 new species have been added to the global mammal count

Since 2005, the global count of living mammal species has risen by 25%.

A red ladybug without black spots sits on a leaf.

Science students find new species of 'goth ladybug' living on their campus: 'There are unknown species living right beside us'

Kyushu University student Ryōta Seki discovered a tiny black ladybug that turned out to be a new species — and he didn’t have to go far to find it.

A wide image of a green, mist covered forest in the Philippines

This creature transforms to 'look and smell' like bird poop to evade predators. It's a new species

It may look, and smell, foul — but this spider marks the latest exciting discovery in a string of new species found in the past year.

From left to right: a poison dart frog, a pika, a dumbo flapjack octopus

Scientists discovered thousands of new species in 2025. See 9 that wowed them, from the 'curiously isolated' butterfly to the screaming pika

From a butterfly shaped by 40,000 years of isolation to creatures 1,400 feet below the sea, scientists uncovered thousands of new species in 2025 — and these nine discoveries stood out amongst the rest.

A giant black spider with adoorable tiny eyes

A new species of spider with 'never-before-seen features' was discovered in Southern Morocco. It looks like a Pokémon

The male specimens of the family bear an uncanny resemblance to giant ladybugs.

A close up of an array of sea animals including sea slugs and a baby octopus

Tiny 'underwater hotels' for sea creatures help scientists collect 20 new species in ocean's twilight zone

Luiz Rocha has dedicated his life to the study of fish. His latest research uncovered a treasure trove of new sea creatures.