Creeping through the mangroves of Papua New Guinea, a clawed creature evaded detection. At least, it tried to and largely succeeded — until a scientist arrived on the island in the southwestern ...

Scientists found a “large” creature with “sharp” claws in a desert of Australia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Jules Farquhar via the Biodiversity Council In a rocky desert of ...

Scientists found a skittish creature with “large” claws lurking in a forest of Arunachal Pradesh and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Boruah, Narayanan, Aravind, Lalronunga, Deepak ...

Scientists found a “dragon”-like animal with claws and a colorful throat in a forest of Kerala and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Sandeep Das via Das, Pal, Narayanan, Subin, Palot, ...

Scientists found a “large”-headed animal in a burrow under some rocks in Thailand and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Wanchai, Rujirawan, Murdoch, Aksornneam, Promnun, Kaatz, ...

Near a bus stop in southern India, a “dragon”-like creature maneuvered through the leaves. Something about the scaly animal caught the attention of nearby scientists. And for good reason: It turned ...

In a mountainous forest of eastern India, a scaly creature with “large” claws perched on a fern. Its remote home and skittish nature likely helped it go unnoticed — but not anymore. When visiting ...