In a darkened forest of central Colombia, a 2-foot-long mammal climbed a tree and paused to rest its “completely spiny” body. Its elusive lifestyle and cryptic appearance largely helped it go ...

They are commonly called spiny-tailed lizards or dab lizards. There are 13 different species of lizard under the Uromastyx genus. Six out of the 13 species of lizard are sometimes found on the ...

Published Feb. 13 | Read More | In the forests of central Colombia, researchers identified a new species of porcupine named Coendou vossi. This “completely spiny” mammal was distinguished by ...

During their hikes in 2023 and 2024, they found what they were looking for: several populations of Malleco spiny-chest frogs. Photos show the rediscovered species. Some of the olive-green and ...