Irene Wright

1 week ago | modbee.com | Irene Wright

On Sudest Island in southern Papua New Guinea, a creature covered in ticks moved across the rainforest floor. Its slithering body, more than a foot long, was snatched up by a research assistant in 2004, according to a study published May 1 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa. Then the animal bit down. More than 20 years later, that snake has been identified as a species new to science, according to the study.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Irene Wright

A new gaur family was captured on trail cameras in Thailand’s Huai Kha Khaeng Forest, showing progress in conserving this rare, massive wild bovine animal.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Irene Wright

Danish ships carrying enslaved people from West Africa are discovered centuries after wrecking in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica, in the 1700s after revolts.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Irene Wright

Researchers using UV lights discovered a venomous scorpion species, the Hemiscorpius jiroftensis, in the Jebal Barez Mountains of southern Iran.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Irene Wright

Using satellites researchers have confirmed that wolverines, once nearly extinct, are returning to the southern forests of Finland for the first time in decades