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New species of sea creature discovered by scientists in UK waters | UK News
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A new species of sea creature has been discovered in UK waters. Previously, there were only thought to be two species of the pleurobranchid genus of sea slug – none of whom had ever been seen in UK waters before now. But scientists from the Centre for Environmental Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) working in…
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‘Wrinkly bag’ creature with no anus is not a human ancestor, scientists find | Science & Tech News
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A “wrinkly” creature with no anus that was thought to be an ancient human ancestor is in fact not, scientists have found. The microscopic creature has been described by researchers at the University of Bristol as “a spiky, wrinkly sack” and is named Saccorhytus, from the Latin and Ancient Greek meaning “wrinkly bag”. It has…