Scientists found a 3-foot-long creature with “sharp” teeth in a river in Vietnam and discovered a new species, a study said.

Researchers said they named the new species “cuulongensis” after the Vietnamese name “cửu long,” which means “nine dragons” ...

In an underground cave of southern China, an eyeless river creature with an externally “visible” skull moved through the dark waters. Its hard-to-reach home helped it go largely unnoticed.

Scientists in China found a river creature with scales under its skin and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Guibang Xiao via Xiao, Guo, Cao, Lin, Deng, Xiao, Zhou, Zhang and Fang ...

Scientists found a 3-foot-long creature with “large” teeth in brackish river water and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Trang Trinh via Unsplash In a river of southern ...

Scientists found an eyeless river creature with a “visible” skull in a cave of southern China and discovered a new species. Photo from Qin, Liu, Zhang, Shi, Du and Zhou (2025) In an ...