Initially mistaken for one of its close relatives, a group of small, spiky mammals in eastern China has now been identified as a new species: the eastern forest hedgehog. Researchers first scooped up ...

They're small, furry and look like mice — but scientists say they're actually a new species of hedgehogs. An international collaboration of researchers led by Smithsonian scientists identified five ...

Scientists identified five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs in Southeast Asia. Two of the species are entirely new to science, while the other three have been upgraded from the subspecies level ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have discovered five new soft-furred hedgehogs in Southeast Asia. This comes after a "golden year" of discovery for hedgehog species, ...

Researchers found 234 new species in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region in 2023, including a vampire hedgehog and a dragon lizard that "could play in 'Game of Thrones'," according to a report by ...

A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The variety of species identified was quite eclectic and names for the new ...

A living Mesechinus orientalis sp. nov. (XC 2205003) from Xuancheng, Anhui. Credit: ZooKeys (2023). DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1185.111615 Researchers at Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China, have announced ...

Researchers found two entirely new species of soft-furred hedgehogs in Southeast Asia – and upgraded three subspecies to the level of species. All five are members of a hedgehog family known for being ...

A new study identifies five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from Southeast Asia. The study used DNA analysis and physical characteristics to describe two entirely new species of soft-furred ...