Discovering one new animal species is exciting, so imagine how thrilled researchers were to recently discover 27 new species.

A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The variety of species identified was quite eclectic and names for the new ...

The team also found 68 fish species – with eight new to science – including a fish with a blob head that they don’t yet know the purpose of and that Larsen is “most excited” about ...

The team's fish scientists had never seen a fish with an enlarged blob-like head, Conservation International said. "The function of this unusual structure remains a mystery," researchers said in a ...