Perched on a sand dune in Iran, a camouflaged creature blended into the isolated landscape. But not well enough. Nearby scientists noticed the long-tailed animal — and discovered a new species.

Scientists found a “long”-tailed animal digging burrows in Namibe Province and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Luis Ceríaco, shared by Mariana Marques On a farm in Angola, a ...

DONGAN HILLS --Staten Island Academy students got an up-close-and-personal look at some of the more exotic and fascinating inhabitants of the South American rain forest, courtesy of the non-profit, ...

Scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Calcutta, have designated a lizard, preserved in a jar of ethanol for over 150 years, as the original reference specimen for this long-tailed ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — A Blue Springs man is ...

On the scruffy shrublands of the Iberian Peninsula, where the summers are parched and sweltering, it doesn’t take much for a spark to catch. The wildfires burn hot and fast, stripping the soil of its ...

Scientists found a camouflaged animal with a long tail on sand dunes near Boshruyeh and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Orlova, Rasegar-Pouyani, Rajabizadeh, Nabizadeh, Poyarkov, ...