{"id":217120,"date":"2025-07-03T13:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/large-black-eyed-creature-discovered-scientists-identify-bizarre-new-species-lurking-in-papua-new-guinea-gold-mine"},"modified":"2025-07-03T13:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:10:10","slug":"large-black-eyed-creature-discovered-scientists-identify-bizarre-new-species-lurking-in-papua-new-guinea-gold-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/large-black-eyed-creature-discovered-scientists-identify-bizarre-new-species-lurking-in-papua-new-guinea-gold-mine","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLarge Black-Eyed Creature Discovered\u201d: Scientists Identify Bizarre New Species Lurking in Papua New Guinea Gold Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/large-black-eyed-creature-discovered-scientists-identify-bizarre-new-species-lurking-in-papua-new-guinea-gold-mine.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>IN A NUTSHELL \ud83d\udc0d Researchers discovered a new species of snake, the Dendrelaphis atra, on Misima Island, known for its striking black eyes and color-changing abilities. \ud83c\udf3f Misima Island, part of the Milne Bay Province, is a recognized biodiversity hotspot, hosting numerous endemic species of reptiles and amphibians. \ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f The discovery in human-modified settings highlights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IN A NUTSHELL \ud83d\udc0d Researchers discovered a new species of snake, the Dendrelaphis atra, on Misima Island, known for its striking black eyes and color-changing abilities. \ud83c\udf3f Misima Island, part of the Milne Bay Province, is a recognized biodiversity hotspot, hosting numerous endemic species of reptiles and amphibians. \ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f The discovery in human-modified settings highlights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}