'Death ball' sponge, tiny opossum among cool new species of 2025

A spider with extraordinary genitalia, a carnivorous caterpillar that wears its prey's body parts, and a tiny opossum are ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Cal Poly Humboldt professor finds a new opossum species

During an expedition to the Peruvian Andes in 2018, a team of researchers exploring Abiseo River National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, made an extraordinary discovery: a previously undocumented ...
NBC Washington

Basil, the one-eyed opossum, is DC's next animal obsession. Here's 4 things to know about his species

When Basil the Virginia opossum arrived at the National Zoo over the summer, he had been injured by a predator attack, lost one eye, and was unlikely to survive in the wild due to his injuries. Now, D ...
Merced Sun-Star

Long-tailed mammal with ‘facial mask’ caught in trap in Peru. It’s a new species

Scientists caught a long-tailed mammal with a “facial mask” in a trap at a Peru national park and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Pedro Peloso, shared by Robert Voss In the Andes ...
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Tiny, Mask-Wearing, New-To-Science Opossum Species Discovered In The Peruvian Andes

An intrepid expedition team set off in 2018 to look for a mysterious species of squirrel in the Peruvian Andes. What they found instead was a brand-new species of opossum. “I realized immediately that ...
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Opossum found in shipping container raises concerns about growing threat in Hawaii

HONOLULU (KHON2) — An opossum discovered Tuesday in a shipping container was the second live opossum in a month found in Hawaii, raising the concerns about the growing threat of invasive species in ...