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Meet Leo—A Critically Endangered Tree Species Named After Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2020.

Meet Leo—A Critically Endangered Tree Species Named After Leonardo DiCaprio

It's Official: With 1306 Legs, This Millipede Has the Most of Any Animal

Eumillipes persephone has legs and knows how to use them.

It's Official: With 1306 Legs, This Millipede Has the Most of Any Animal

Meet 'Cooper,' a Recently Discovered Sauropod Believed to Be Australia’s Largest Dinosaur Species

An illustration of what Australotitan cooperensis may have looked like.

Meet 'Cooper,' a Recently Discovered Sauropod Believed to Be Australia’s Largest Dinosaur Species

Scientists Have Identified a New ‘Chocolate Frog’ Species

The chocolate frog on a very green leaf.

Scientists Have Identified a New ‘Chocolate Frog’ Species

Meet Ptomaphagus thebeatles! A New Beetle Species Has Been Named After The Beatles

The Beatles have finally achieved rock's greatest honor: being named after a bug.

This New Insect Species Was Named After Lady Gaga for Its 'Wacky Fashion Sense'

The wacky Kaikaia gaga is fashionably just designed to be rad.

Tiny, Bird-Like Skull Found in Amber Could Belong to the Mesozoic Era's Smallest Known Dinosaur

The skull of Oculudentavis khaungraae preserved in 99-million-year-old amber.

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10 New Bird Species and Subspecies Discovered on Indonesian Islands

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7 Animals Named After Theodore Roosevelt

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Shocker: This Electric Eel Delivers More Voltage Than Any Creature on Earth

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Humongous, Chihuahua-Sized Species of Flying Squirrel Has Been Discovered in China

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Tourists Are Picking Apart Britain's Oldest Tree

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A Newly Discovered Species of Prehistoric Shark Was Named After the Video Game Galaga

Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum

Bizarre New Species of Crabs and a Giant Sea Cockroach Discovered in Waters Off Indonesia

One known species of isopod, or "giant sea cockroach"