creeper

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Kittelberger photographed the pictured 'Akikiki, also called Kauai's creeper, in the Alaka'i Wilderness Preserve in 2022, when it was believed around 70 or so remained in the wild; today, only one individual remains.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

As Donoghue writes, “What’s between them grows like a creeper that covers the ugliest bricks and drainpipes in living green.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023

The newly identified species has been named Arenaepeton supinatus, which means "sand creeper on its back" in Latin.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

Three of his brothers are also actors, including Bill Skarsgard, who played Pennywise, the creeper clown in the “It” movies; another brother is a doctor who kept them apprised of developments in the Covid crisis.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Above the humongous oval-shaped room, thorny branches arched like the roof of a dome, with creeper vines and yellow seed pods hanging down like streamers from rafters.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia