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There’s a unique species of aquatic animal that appears eyeless and is believed to live in one specific area in the world. It is the Texas blind salamander, a translucent creature of about three to five inches in length, whose existence was first recorded in the 1890s.

Biologists found out there are actually four different giraffe species instead of just one.

The Interior Department said Tuesday that the greater sage grouse, a ground-dwelling bird whose vast range spans 11 Western states, does not need federal protections following a costly effort to reverse the species’ decline without reshaping the region’s economy

Researchers have uncovered a new species of plant-eating dinosaur in Alaska, according to a report published Tuesday

Scientists discover a new species of frog that is the first known frog in the world to give birth to live tadpoles.

Here are 10 new animal species discovered in 2014.

Caused by the floods of 2013 in Alberta, Canada, a new species of dinosaur may have been unearthed and found in a boulder.

A U.S. team found nearly 4,000 species in a subglacial lake that hasn’t seen sunlight in millennia, showing life can thrive even under the ice.

A long snout with teeth jutting from the sides? Check. Catfish-like barbels dangling from its chin? Got them. Gills on the side of its body? It has those, too. These are characteristics of a bizarre group of sharks known as sawsharks.

A pervasive fungal infection could potentially wipe out a regional population of bats in eastern North America within 16 years.