Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. An extinct ribbonlike sea creature about the size of a human hand was one of the earliest animals to evolve a precursor of a backbone. Scientists recently identified the animal’s nerve cord by using a topsy-turvy […]
While causing a stir on the coasts of Georgia and North Carolina, the notoriously beautiful and threatening tentacled spectacle hasn’t washed up along Hilton Head Island beaches this year so far. And that’s a good thing, because even when dead, the creature can pack a punch. Portuguese man-o’-war, what many mistake as jellyfish, have iridescent […]
It’s been more than two years since a security camera at the Amarillo Zoo recorded what appeared to be a mysterious creature standing just outside its fence. Word of the creature, later dubbed the “Unidentified Amarillo Object,” quickly spread, claiming stake in national news time and stories — and the conspiracy theories started rolling. Two […]
It’s been more than two years since a security camera at the Amarillo Zoo recorded what appeared to be a mysterious creature standing just outside its fence. Word of the creature, later dubbed the “Unidentified Amarillo Object,” quickly spread, claiming stake in national news time and stories — and the conspiracy theories started rolling. Two […]
A tiger shark has surprised Australian scientists on an ocean research trip by regurgitating a spiky land-loving echidna in front of them. Researchers from James Cook University said Thursday they were tagging marine life on the northeast coast when the three-meter tiger shark they caught vomited a dead echidna — a spiny creature similar to […]
Part of the allure of deep-sea fishing is that you never know what you might encounter at sea. But one can be reasonably certain that nobody would expect to encounter a 10-foot oarfish under attack by sharks. The oarfish in question, a serpent-like denizen with crimson fins, was spotted floundering near the surface on May […]
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At a resort in southern India, a “peculiar” 8-legged creature hid under a plant. But the attempt wasn’t very successful. Visiting scientists spotted the animal — and discovered a new species. Researchers visited a golf resort and spa in Garvale in March 2023 to survey wildlife, according to a study published May 13 in the […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The idea of coming face to face with any spider unexpectedly is enough to fill any arachnophobe with horror, let alone encountering one with large, spiky legs. But that is exactly what roamed around what’s currently […]
Hidden in the leaves of a park in Australia, a “bizarre”-looking creature searched for its next meal, its “spear-like” appendages at the ready. Visiting scientists spotted the predatory animal — and discovered a new species. Researchers visited a park in Whitsunday, Queensland, several times between 2023 and 2024 to survey local wildlife, according to a […]
A scientist strapped on climbing gear and lowered themselves into a pit-like cavern in eastern Serbia. Deep in the “underground cavern,” they spotted a “large” creature crawling across a moist stone. It turned out to be a new species. The pit in Mt. Devica was just one of 30 sites researchers visited between 2021 and […]
The people on the boat did not expect this. Yes, they were hoping to see a whale while on the water that day, but this encounter was special. A humpback whale, swimming close to the whale watchers’ boat off the California coast, was feeling whimsical. The group spotted the whale and, just as they thought […]