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A giant rodent from southern Thailand, known from two fossil teeth, a lower molar and an incisor, found at a coal mine in Krabi province. It lived in the Eocene and is estimated at around 30 kg, about half the size of a large capybara, making it one of the largest rodents of its era. It belonged to the Ischyromyidae, an extinct family of early rodents. Its genus name joins the Thai word for giant with the Greek word for mouse. News article: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-prehistoric-giant-rat-thailand-fossil.html

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A deep-sea zoanthid found living on Pleurocorallium coral colonies at the entrances of karst caves near Minamidaito Island in southern Japan, collected at 385 m. Its polyps are bright yellow, and its name, aureus, means golden. When disturbed it flashes green light, the first documented bioluminescence inside a deep-sea cave. No spontaneous light was observed and no symbiotic bacteria were found, so the flash may serve a defensive or burglar-alarm role, though its function is not yet known. News article: https://www.europesays.com/japan/118009/

A racerunner lizard from the Chagai Desert in Balochistan, near the Afghanistan and Iran borders, documented at four localities in Chagai District. It has distinctive maze-like winding brown markings across its back, kept in both juveniles and adults, a body of about 5.7 cm and a tail more than twice the body length. DNA and scale comparisons separate it from Eremias graphica of Iran. It lives in loose sand and low dunes and burrows, and its provisional assessment is Data Deficient. Eight Eremias species are now known from Pakistan. News article: https://reptilesmagazine.com/new-racerunner-lizard-species-discovered-in-pakistan/

Four new spider-hunting wasps from China: Platydialepis bidentata, P. flavipectoralis, P. frontimaculata and P. prominula. A taxonomic review raises the Platydialepis species recorded from China from one to six and provides the first identification key for them, with P. ryoheii also reported from China for the first time. Specimens come from Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang, and are deposited at Yunnan Agricultural University in Kunming. News article: https://bioengineer.org/four-new-spider-hunting-wasp-species-discovered-in-china/

A perennial herb in the Colchicaceae family found at Garbhanga Reserve Forest, at Laisong in Dima Hasao, and at Barapani in Meghalaya, growing on cliffs under bamboo. It reaches up to 180 cm tall, taller than its relative Disporum calcaratum, with branched stems, broad yellowish-green leaves and star-shaped white flowers. Its name joins Kamrupa and the Khasi Hills. Only a few small populations are known, and it is described as potentially endangered, with road expansion, over-exploitation and deforestation as threats. News article: https://newire.in/articles/new-plant-species-discovered-in-assam-and-meghalaya-forests

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A small translucent pygmygoby from the northern Red Sea, known from two specimens of 12 and 17 mm collected at 30 m at a cave entrance on a steep reef slope at Walih Island and not seen again since. It carries a broad orange-red stripe and golden spots on the tail that resemble gold coins, and it has an unusual four-part eye. Its name refers to Charon, the ferryman of Greek mythology. Eleven Trimma species are now known from the Red Sea. News article: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-species-pygmygoby-edge-red-sea.html