spotted

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The animal was first spotted during a 2015 deep-sea expedition aboard the exploration vessel E/V Nautilus.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

It is understood that the women were first spotted at Brighton Palace Pier before drifting towards Brighton Marina.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Santa Rosa Island is also home to a lizard species found on three of the Channel Islands, a spotted skunk endemic to two Channel Islands, a unique island fox subspecies and several uncommon birds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Nearly a quarter of a century later, in 2025, it was spotted in Hervey Bay -- a distance of 15,100 km.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

His very first All Hallows’ Eve in Deadwood, two months after he’d been spotted in the dump.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman