a “blob-headed” fish, and other zoological oddities. “Discovering so many new species of mammals and vertebrates is really incredible, especially in such a human-influenced landscape ...

Scientists and Indigenous community members documented 27 new-to-science species in Peru’s Alto Mayo region, including four ...

A total of 27 new species have been uncovered in the ‘human-dominated’ Peruvian ... with eight new to science – including a fish with a blob head that they don’t yet know the purpose ...

“We were very surprised to find such high biodiversity in a landscape with so much human influence ... for the first time was the “blob-headed” fish, which gets its name from its enlarged ...

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 ...

“We were very surprised to find such high biodiversity in a landscape with so much human influence,” said Trond Larsen ... Also described for the first time was the “blob-headed” fish, which gets its ...

A "blob-headed" fish and a semi-aquatic mouse are among 27 newly discovered species found in a remote region of the Amazon rainforest in Peru. Scientists also encountered a new species of dwarf ...