Stream treefrog (Hyloscirtus tolkieni), Ecuador. Just a single individual of Hyloscirtus tolkieni, a stream treefrog, has been found and captured, despite focused searches during the initial fieldwork. However, this one individual was enough for the authors of this paper to be able to describe it as a new species.
They confirmed it was a new species and named the mystery fish Pyrolycus jaco after the area where it lives. Frable is excited to add this new species to their collection where it will help scientists continue to study the deep sea. “It's very satisfying.
The scientists said the skeleton of minimocursor phunoiensis is "one of the best-preserved dinosaurs ever found in Southeast Asia". KALASIN, Thailand — It's a find millions of years in the making. Scientists in Thailand have reportedly discovered the bones of what they believe to be a new species of dinosaur.
A team of Vietnamese and German researchers has found a new species of crocodile newt in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum. Named Tylototriton ngoclinhensis, the new amphibian was found in Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve in late May following a field survey conducted by nine researchers.
Vietnam is home to the Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti). This subspecies is also found in Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and China.
While almost everyone will ring in the Year of the Rabbit in 2023, Vietnam is welcoming the Year of the Cat.
The rarest animal in the world is the vaquita (Phocoena sinus). It is a kind of critically endangered porpoise that only lives in the furthest north-western corner of the Gulf of California in Mexico. There are only 18 left in the world. It is thought that they may be extinct in ten years.
Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise living on the island of Saint Helena, is reported to be about 191 years old, and may, therefore, be the oldest currently living terrestrial animal if the claim is true.
Measuring an impressive 3.3 meters (10 feet) across, the giant Bolivian waterlily (Victoria boliviana) is the largest in the world. The aquatic plant is found in the wetlands of the Bolivian Amazon and has been assessed as vulnerable to extinction on the IUCN Red List.
Ichthyostega lived between 370 to 362 million years ago. Their extinction was due to a large-scale fish extinction about 360 million years ago. This extinction event caused a reset to the evolution of life on earth.
Pieces of tiny fossil skull found in Fort Worth have been identified as 100 million-year-old coelacanth bones, according to paleontologist John F. Graf, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. The coelacanth has one of the longest lineages — 400 million years — of any animal.
Mariana Snailfish
Researchers caught this record-breaking fish 27,460 feet below sea level, and scientists theorize the maximum depth possible for fish is 27,900 feet. This species of snailfish adapted to live in extreme pressure and complete darkness.
Wild animals such as pandas and elephants are likely to become extinct as soon as 2025. Could you imagine by the time you may have started a family it is a possibility that your children will never see a panda or elephant?
Vaquita. On the brink of extinction, the vaquita is the smallest living species of cetacean. The single rarest animal in the world is the vaquita (Phocoena sinus). This porpoise lives only in the extreme northwestern corner of the Gulf of California in Mexico.
Anything that tries to kill a tardigrade will quickly realize they encountered practically immortal animals. These creatures are capable of sticking around for thousands of years or even indefinitely “by entering a state of cryptobiosis, whereby their metabolism comes to a halt,” says Pastor.
To date, there's only one species that has been called 'biologically immortal': the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii. These small, transparent animals hang out in oceans around the world and can turn back time by reverting to an earlier stage of their life cycle.
Jellyfish have been around for more than 500 million years. That means they appeared more than 250 million years before the first dinosaurs. However, because jellyfish are soft-bodied and almost all water, jellyfish fossils are incredibly rare.
The strongest land animal in the world is the elephant. The typical Asian elephant has 100,000 muscles and tendons arranged along the length of the trunk, enabling it to lift almost 800 pounds. The gorilla, the strongest as well as largest primate on the planet, is at least six times stronger than the average human.
One animal that is commonly unknown is the flying fish. This fish looks like a cross between a fish and a bird because they have longer pectoral fins that help them glide above the water for up to 45 seconds.
Around 150-200 plant and animal species go extinct on average every day. Around 137 of those species go extinct due to deforestation. These statistics are hotly debated since they're computer-generated estimates and not based on direct observational science.
There is also a theory the Vietnamese made their own interpretation of the Chinese word for rabbit, "mao." In Vietnamese, this sounds like "meo," which means cat. The Year of the Cat is believed to bring good luck and smooth sailing in Vietnam.
Cat and Rat were the best of friends. Cat liked to sleep late so on the morning of registration, Rat had agreed to wake him up. But, when the day came, Rat forgot all about his promise. And without his friend's alarm call Cat overslept, missing his chance to sign up, which is why there's no cat in the lunar calendar.