Scientists have identified 866 new species as part of the Ocean Census, a global mission to protect and accelerate the ...

Researchers said they named the new species after Cocos Island, also known as Isla del Coco, where it was first discovered and, so far, the only place it has been found. The remote, uninhabited island ...

A project called The Ocean Census has discovered 866 new species in a global creature-finding mission under the sea.

Researchers have found at least 866 new marine species as part of a global mission to protect and accelerate the discovery of ...

ranging from the enormous American lobster to the diminutive squat lobster. However, some species like the squat "lobster" are not true lobsters. While people apply the term to many crustaceans ...

Researchers took a closer look at it, tested its DNA and eventually realized they’d discovered a new species: Typhlonida cocoensis, or the Cocos Island squat lobster. A Typhlonida cocoensis ...