A team of scientists led by University of Delhi has discovered an entirely NEW FAMILY of legless amphibians in India and named it Chikilidae.

The new family of tailless burrowing caecilians was described based on differences in external and internal appearance compared to the nine families of legless amphibians already known. Scientists performed DNA analysis of the specimens and confirmed that it is an entirely new family

A huge crustacean called ‘supergiant’ has been found lurking 7km down in the waters off the coast of New Zealand.

It was found in the Kermadec Trench, and is more than 10 times bigger than normal!