An eyeless cave dipluran from the Akiyoshidai plateau, Honshu, Japan, a blind, unpigmented troglobite and the first formal record of the genus on Honshu. At 13 mm it is the largest campodeid ever recorded. Described by Kyoto University biologists. News article: https://www.bioscience.com.pk/en/subject/biology/known-since-1953-a-giant-eyeless-cave-creature-in-japn-finally-gets-a-name-name-and-its-the-largest-of-its-kind — Image: dorsal view of a live individual near the type locality, credit Takashi Murakami.

A fully marine armoured amphibian that lived its whole life at sea, 237 million years old, from Guizhou, China, described in Nature Ecology & Evolution. Discovery announced 26 October 2026, reported 27 October, ScienceAlert updated 28 October 2026. News article: https://www.sciencealert.com/an-armored-amphibian-that-lived-its-whole-life-at-sea-its-a-fossil-first — Second image: holotype, belly side up, by Ryosuke Motani: https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/10/Image-2-433x675.jpeg — Image: artistic reconstruction by Chen Geng, Guizhou University.

A Mauritian tidal trapdoor spider, first spotted in 2023 and formally described in the journal Arachnology, from Ilot Vacoas / Ile aux Fouquets, Mauritius. News reported 28 October 2026. News article: https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/mauritian-tidal-trapdoor-spider — No verified image was found on the source article.

An iguanodontian dinosaur from Smokejacks Brickworks, Surrey, UK, paper published 27 October 2026 in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. News reported 27-28 October 2026. News articles: https://hitechub.com/new-iguanodon-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-the-uk/ and https://particle.news/story/new-swamp-dinosaur-paludohadros-proudlovii-named-from-surrey-fossil — No verified image was found on the source articles.

Two glassy and obsidian-like parasitoid wasp species discovered in Xizang, China, described in ZooKeys 1287, 321-334 (2026). News reported 27 October 2026. News article: https://bioengineer.org/two-glassy-and-obsidian-like-parasitoid-wasp-species-discovered-in-xizang-china/ — No verified image was found on the source article.

A millipede from South Australia, rediscovered after its first specimen was collected in 1936 and described as a new genus, Colobothrix, in ZooKeys. Found on Kangaroo Island and Yorke Peninsula. News reported 27 October 2026.

News article: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-millipede-south-australia-rediscovered-years.html

Second image: sphaerotrichome cluster, scanning electron micrograph by Robert Mesibov: https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2026/a-millipede-from-south-1.jpg

Image: Ben Parslow, SAMA.

Miniature odorous frog with an oversized tympanum, discovered on the Langbian Plateau in southern Vietnam. Paper published 15 October 2026. News reported 27 October 2026. News article: https://www.einpresswire.com/article/952603245/miniature-odorous-frog-with-an-oversized-tympanum-discovered-in-southern-vietnam — Image: holotype in life, photos by Luan Thanh Nguyen, from the news article.

New brown frog species discovered in Chongqing, China. Paper published 4 June 2026. News reported 27 October 2026. News article: https://www.einpresswire.com/article/952619227/new-brown-frog-species-discovered-in-chongqing-china — Image: holotype photos from the news article.

A rare new species of barklice insect discovered from the Nilgiri Mountains in the Southern Western Ghats, India. Reported 27 October 2026. No verified image was found on the source article. Source: https://researchmatters.in/news/rare-new-species-of-barklice-insect-discovered-from-the-nilgiri-mountains