On a mountain ridge in Peru, a 1-foot-long creature with a venomous bite sat in the afternoon sun. Its “distinct” yellow-ringed eyes scanned its surroundings, but it wasn’t the only one looking around ...

One of the study’s authors named the two new species, Etheostoma kimberlae and Etheostoma michellae, after his daughter, Kimberly, and his wife, Michelle, according to the study published April 3 in ...

Two female snakes were found pregnant with five or six “yolky ... Check out our stories here. The new species was identified by its eyes, teeth, coloring, scale pattern, genitalia and other ...

Two new species of fish were discovered in tributaries of the Black ... of Etheostomatini,” researchers wrote. While breeding female fish lack “bright coloration,” the breeding males are ...