A blind eel, deep-sea batfishes, spiderfish, and other creatures were discovered and revealed on an Australian seafloor. The deep-sea batfish is one of several previously unknown creatures discovered beneath the Indian Ocean's surface near the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park. For the first time, a team of scientists from the Museums Victoria Research Institute … [Read more...] about In A Remote Ocean, Rare Deep-Sea Creatures Were Discovered.
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“Extinct” Giant Galapagos Tortoise Discovered Chilling Alone On Remote Volcanic Island
Chelonoidis phantasticus, the sole known member of the enormous Galapagos tortoise species, was discovered 113 years apart. A lone male was discovered wandering about Fernandina Island in 1906, but that was the last scientists saw of the species until 2019 when researchers discovered a second lone ranger: a 50-year-old female dubbed Fernanda, who appeared to be queen of her own … [Read more...] about “Extinct” Giant Galapagos Tortoise Discovered Chilling Alone On Remote Volcanic Island