Aspen Pflughoeft

Washington, D.C., United States

journalist (now @mcclatchy, formerly @deseretnews) | alumni @MinervaUni | expert to-do list maker & sticky noter ...& no, you've never seen me before coffee

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Articles

Two iconic Australian animals meet in ‘rarely documented’ encounter. Take a look

20 hours ago | miamiherald.com | Aspen Pflughoeft

In a remote part of southeastern Australia, two iconic native animals went about their daily business — until they came face-to-face. A nearby trail camera captured the “rarely documented” encounter, exciting the witnessing ecologists. Ecologists set up a trail camera at Oxley Wild Rivers National Park in New South Wales (NSW) to monitor a colony of brush-tailed rock-wallabies.
Ship mysteriously sunk off Sydney in 1904. Now, first divers visit ‘holy grail’

23 hours ago | miamiherald.com | Aspen Pflughoeft

On a stormy night in 1904, a steamship off the coast of Sydney, Australia, sank. The ship seemingly vanished, leaving no survivors, no explanations and no trace of its final resting place — until a chance discovery in 2022. Now, over 120 years after its sinking, scuba divers visited the wreck for the first time.
Sea creature with ‘prickles’ on its ‘eyeball skin’ discovered as new species

1 day ago | miamiherald.com | Aspen Pflughoeft

Thousands of feet down in the East China Sea, a diamond-shaped sea creature with “prickles” on its “eyeball skin” swam through dark waters, or tried to, at least. Something enveloped it and pulled it toward the surface. Trawlers looked at the 2-foot-long animal in their net. They didn’t know it, but they’d just discovered a new species. Trawlers off the coast of southern Japan dropped their nets in the Okinawa Trough several times between 1978 and 1980.
Un incidente que pudo terminar mal de una familia con el ave más peligrosa del mundo provoca advertencias de las autoridades

1 day ago | elnuevoherald.com | Aspen Pflughoeft

Una cámara de seguridad en el exterior de una casa en Australia captó el encuentro de una familia con el ave más peligrosa del mundo. El incidente generó alertas por parte de las autoridades de la vida silvestre.
Ruins of ancient Roman camp seemed typical — then a very rare artifact emerged

1 day ago | miamiherald.com | Aspen Pflughoeft

Digging into the chalky orange-brown soil of western Germany, archaeologists exposed the ruins of an ancient Roman military camp. Their finds were plentiful but typical — until they uncovered a very rare item. A team of archaeologists started excavating a massive plot of land in Haltern am See ahead of the construction of a community and senior citizens’ center, the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association said in a June 24 news release.
Night divers spot reddish sea creature with 17 arms in Palau. It’s a new species

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Aspen Pflughoeft

Swimming through the shadowy waters off Palau, scuba divers watched life on a coral reef after dark. One reddish sea creature with 17 “feather”-like arms caught their attention — and for good reason. It turned out to be a new species.
Video of ‘one of Australia’s most mysterious animals’ shows ‘world-first’ action

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Aspen Pflughoeft

In a hollowed-out tree of southern Australia live a family of fluffy, gliding marsupials. Unbeknownst to them, the family stars in a sort of wildlife reality TV show — thanks to a camera in their home and a first-of-its-kind livestream. Recently, to the surprise and excitement of conservationists, that camera recorded a “world-first” behavior.
Chirping in dark misty forest leads to ‘secretive’ creature. It’s a new species

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Aspen Pflughoeft

Walking through a dark misty forest in Madagascar, a team of scientists followed a “distinct” chirping sound to its “secretive” source. The calling creature had “large” hands and “long” legs. It turned out to be a new species. A team of researchers visited several sites in southeastern Madagascar between 2005 and 2023 as part of ongoing efforts to document the country’s biodiversity, according to a study published June 16 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa.
Shallow hole turns out to be rare 1,600-year-old structure in Germany. See it

1 week ago | charlotteobserver.com | Aspen Pflughoeft

Archaeologists excavated site near Bentfeld and found a rare 1,600-year-old wooden structure and other artifacts, officials said. Photo from EggensteinExca / S. Knippschild via LWL Sifting through damp soil in northwestern Germany, archaeologists found hundreds of artifacts, dozens of traces of long-gone buildings and a few rare structures. The remnants were often mundane but sometimes extraordinary. Altogether, the finds offered a glimpse into life about 1,600 years ago.
‘Large’-tongued creature found in water tank at India home. It’s a new species

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Aspen Pflughoeft

In a city of northeastern India, a “large”-tongued creature with “fluorescent green” sides perched inside a water tank, but its hiding spot wasn’t quite hidden enough. Visiting scientists spotted the colorful animal — and discovered a new species. A team of researchers visited several sites in Meghalaya state between 2022 and 2024 as part of a project to “document the amphibian diversity,” according to a study published May 30 in the peer-reviewed journal Records of the Zoological Survey of India.