The description of new the species, officially named Cnemaspis vangoghi, was published in the journal ZooKeys. Its publisher, Pensoft, gave it the No. 1 spot on its list of top 10 new species of 2024.

Now, new research has revealed that there are two distinct species of giant hummingbird in South America — the northern giant hummingbird that lives year-round in the Andes, and the migratory ...

The giant hummingbird of western South America is not one species but actually two. UNM researchers found the new species as part of an eight-year […] | Local News from KRQE News 13 in ...

By studying museum species, including a 154-year-old specimen, the researchers realized that the two types of giant hummingbird had been evolving separately for about 3 million years.

Scientists found a “giant” creature in a forest of New Caledonia, kept it in a terrarium for decades and discovered a new species. Photo from Joachim Sameit Following lumberjacks into the ...

Like other related geckos, the “giant” new species has four claws on each hand, Kraus wrote. Northern four-clawed geckos live in forested areas near villages in mountain foothills, the study said.

Alaska, Kentucky, and Maine have four types of hummingbirds, Indiana has 3, New Hampshire and Vermont have 2, and North Dakota and Rhode Island are only home to the ruby-throated hummingbird.