Scientists discovered a small, yellowish mountain horned dragon in Thailand and named it Acanthosaura syrax after a dragon from House of the Dragon. Found only in a narrow band of high-elevation forest, the distinctive new species could become a flagship for protecting its rare mountain habitat.
I’m always happy to see people still uncovering new species all the time. I’m still excited for space exploration as a whole, but so far all we’ve found are neat rocks and chemical reactions. Here on boring old Earth, we’re still coming across neighbors we’ve never met in our forests, oceans, deserts, etc. What a great place we live on!