1. The Yoda Bat
In 2010, the tube-nosed fruit bat with an appearance reminiscent of Star Wars Jedi Master Yoda was found in a remote forest. Bats, spiders and frogs stained orange yellow, are among a number of new species found in Papua New Guinea. More than 200 animal and plant derived for the first time after a two-month survey in rugged and little-explored Nakanai and Muller mountain that year source
Scientists are claiming they have discovered a new species of monkey living in the remote forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo -- an animal well-known to local hunters but until now, unknown to the outside world. In a paper published in the open-access journal Plos One, the scientists describe the new species that they call Cercopithecus Lomamiensis, known locally as the Lesula, whose home is deep in central DR Congo's Lomami Forest basin. The scientists say it is only the second discovery of a monkey species in 28 years.
In an age where so much of the earth's surface has been photographed, digitized, and placed on a searchable map on the web discoveries like this one by a group of American scientists seems like a throwback to another time. (Source)
3. Mr. Blobby
Affectionately nicknamed "Mr. Blobby," fool sculpin fish was discovered in 2003 in New Zealand during the expedition census of marine life, according to the Australian Museum in Sydney. Fool sculpins - named for their large, world-like head and floppy skin-lived in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific at depths between approximately 330 feet (100 meters) 9200 feet (2800 meters). (Source)
4. Penis Snake
A group of engineers who build a dam in the Amazon has just discovered eiseltiis lung, better known as Cecilia, which some people may know as the amphibian body. But let's be honest, the creature pictured above is a snake penis. Strange creatures found while the Madeira river is drained as part of a development project damn Madeira river in Brazil. Biologist Julian Tupan said that six penis snake found in the riverbed. (Source)
5. Pinocchio Frog
Pinocchio-like tree frog species discovered by lucky accident when it ventured into the camp kitchen Foja Mountains and perched on a bag of rice, which herpetologist Paul Oliver of Australia's University of Adelaide look at it. Oliver was able to find another of the frog, and suspect that they live primarily in the treetops.
Male frog nose, the scientists were surprised to find, points upward when the animals call and hang flaccid when not. "What is it actually for, no one really knows for sure," said Oliver. (Source)
6. Chinchilla tree rat
Chinchilla tree rat (Cuscomys ashaninka) was discovered in 1997 during the RAP expedition targeted Peruvian Vilcabamba mountains, very close to the famous ruins of Machu Picchu. It was a pale gray in color, has a stocky build, has a large claws, and are marked with a white stripe along its head. It is related to chinchilla mice known to have been buried along the Inca people in their graves. (Source)
7. Leaf-Nosed Bat
The new bat species have been found in the National Park Chu Ray's mother. The bats apparently mistaken for a species known in 2008, but because it has been proven to be genetically different.