The setting sun cast long shadows across a temple in southern India. As darkness fell, a clawed creature emerged from the nearby rocks and slinked off into the night. Visiting scientists spotted the ...

Nestled into the woodlands of Uganda sat a “dwarf”-like creature. The pregnant animal waited out the night on a tree trunk —or tried to. Passing scientists spotted the pregnant animal — and discovered ...

Scientists found a spiky “dwarf”-like animal with “golden-red” eyes in a forest of Maharashtra and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Akshay Khandekar via Khandekar, Gaikwad, Thackeray ...

Scientists found a “dwarf”-like creature sleeping on a tree near a hotel in Madagascar and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from Anjajavy le lodge’s Facebook video As darkness ...

Whether landing on an uninhabited island or venturing into a darkened landscape, teams of scientists around the world headed into the field with a shared goal. They all wanted to find some ...

Scientists found a “slender” animal living in caves of the Maharashtra mountains and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Akshay Khandekar via Khandekar, Thackeray, Agarwal, Gangalmale, ...

Scientists found a “dwarf”-like creature in Cameroon, kept it in terrarium and discovered a new species: Lobeke dwarf gecko, study said. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto In a rainforest of ...

Scientists found a “dwarf”-like animal with a “cone-shaped” head and discovered a new species, study said. Photo shows a representative area of Venezuela. Photos from F.J.M. Rojas-Runjaic via ...

Scientists found a nocturnal clawed animal lurking near a temple in the forest of Tamil Nadu and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Ishan Agarwal via Khandekar, Thackeray and Agarwal ...

As the evening sun stretched across a forest in India, a “dwarf”-like creature perched on the wall of an abandoned building. Perhaps the immobile animal was trying to blend in with its surroundings.