A fossilized cervical vertebra discovered back in 1996 in southwestern Japan was found to have been a new genus and species ...

Expected to provide important clues on pterosaur evolution, the fossil is the first known member of a new genus.

A team of researchers re-examining a fossil found about 30 years ago in Kumamoto Prefecture concluded it is a new genus and species of pterosaur, a prehistoric flying reptile. It is the first such ...

A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has been identified to be a previously ...

Scientists found a black-eyed creature under some debris on a mountaintop in Vietnam and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from a YouTube video shared by Alex WelcomeTravel As ...

Moysiuk and Caron (2025) Royal Society Open Science Thousands of new species are found each year. Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories. →‘Large’ creature with black eyes ...