This article highlights some of the most peculiar new species discovered in 2024, ranging from a deep-sea octopus to a vampire hedgehog.
From the depths of the Pacific Ocean to the mountains of Vietnam, thousands of weird and wonderful new plants, animals and fungi have been discovered all over the world this year. Whether they are creatures unearthed in a little explored corner of the globe, or a specimen lying hidden in a drawer of a museum, they give us an exciting glimpse of the precious variety of life on our planet.
Despite the threats facing biodiversity around the world, biologists were still able to add a dazzling array of flora and fauna to theincluding an endangered edible dahlia in Mexico, a pygmy pipehorse off the coast of South Africa, eight species of sea slugs and two ghost sharks. Scientists at the Natural History Museum in London and Geneticists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries discovered that two distinct populations of killer whale in the North Pacific Ocean. A rare flying spaghetti monster was one of the already known species seen during a deep-sea expedition off the coast of Chile. Meanwhile researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute in California discovered four new species of deep-sea octopus off the coast of Costa Rica and more than 100 new species of marine life in a deep ocean mountain range known as the Nazca Ridge, 900 miles (1,448km) off the coast of Chile. But hidden within these discoveries are some truly unusual gems – species so odd they deserve a special mention. Here is our list of the weirdest natural discoveries of 2024
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