A biological wonder lives in the leaf litter of the dry forests of the Dominican Republic; the Jaragua Dwarf Gecko (Sphaerodactylus ariasae) was long considered the smallest reptile on Earth and ...

The setting sun cast long shadows across a temple in southern India. As darkness fell, a clawed creature emerged from the nearby rocks and slinked off into the night. Visiting scientists spotted the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether landing on an uninhabited island or venturing into a darkened landscape, teams of scientists around the world headed into ...

At a wilderness resort in southern India, a “dwarf”-like creature scampered along the walls. The “beautiful” animal caught the attention of visiting scientists — and turned out to be a new species.

Scientists found a spiky, yellow animal at a private estate in the mountains of Tamil Nadu and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Amit Sayyed At a private estate in the mountains of ...

Sunlight trickled through the canopy of a forest in southern India and illuminated a decaying log. From the outside, the log looked, well, rotten. But when scientists looked closer, they found a scaly ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. -- There's a population explosion going on at the Brookfield Zoo. There were eight new births in just the past few days. But the new creatures are so small you might not ever notice ...

A new species was found in several national parks in northwestern Madagascar, including one famous for its jagged rocks. Getty Images/iStock Photo Under the cover of darkness, a group of researchers ...

Scientists found a “dwarf”-like creature in Cameroon, kept it in terrarium and discovered a new species: Lobeke dwarf gecko, study said. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto In a rainforest of ...

Scientists found a “dwarf”-like creature sleeping on a tree near a hotel in Madagascar and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from Anjajavy le lodge’s Facebook video As darkness ...

Scientists found a nocturnal clawed animal lurking near a temple in the forest of Tamil Nadu and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Ishan Agarwal via Khandekar, Thackeray and Agarwal ...