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asian small clawed otter

In Nepal, the world’s smallest otter continues to elude researchers

Abhaya Raj Joshi 22 Dec 2025

New species of gecko described from Madagascar’s sacred forests

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 24 Sep 2025
A Battambang leaf-toed gecko (Dixonius noctivagus).

New gecko species findings highlight threats to Cambodia’s limestone hills

Anton L. Delgado 4 Sep 2025
A brilliant blue male Francis’s gorgeous sapphire, euthanized after being reared in captivity. Image courtesy of Jonathan Francis.

Discovery of dazzling blue butterfly underscores peril facing Angola’s forests 

Ryan Truscott 3 Sep 2025
Group of grey-shanked douc langurs in a tree.

New population of rare douc langurs found in Vietnam’s highland forests

Carolyn Cowan 9 Jun 2025
Banner image of a painted swellshark courtesy of the National Geographic Exploration Technology Lab.

Deep-sea shark recorded on video for first time using low-cost camera

Kristine Sabillo 10 Apr 2025
An individual  of a newly discovered gecko species in Nepal now named Karan's bent-toed gecko after veteran Nepali herpetologist Karan Bahadur Shah. Image courtesy of Santosh Bhattarai,

Three new gecko species described in Nepal: Interview with herpetologist Santosh Bhattarai

Abhaya Raj Joshi 21 Mar 2025
Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) photographed in a zoo.

World’s smallest otter makes comeback in Nepal after 185 years

Abhaya Raj Joshi 5 Feb 2025
A Trimeresurus cardamomesis photographed in Cambodia’s Samlout Multiple Use Area.

Survey uncovers ‘wildlife treasure’ in Cambodian park — but also signs of threats

Anton L. Delgado 22 Jan 2025
A Himalayan leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros armiger)

Great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat finally confirmed in Bangladesh

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 27 Dec 2024

Unboxed: New lipstick vine revealed in Philippine expedition with Banao tribe

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Dec 2024
The 2024 paper proposes Leopardus pardinoides, or the clouded tiger cat, as a new species. This small wildcat is found in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, south to Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Image courtesy of Johanes Pfleiderer. Article title - A tiger cat gains new species designation, but conservation challenges remain

Photos: Top new species from 2024

Liz Kimbrough 26 Dec 2024
Hylomys macarong, a smooth hedgehog

Greater Mekong serves up 234 new species in a year, from fanged hedgehog to diva viper

Carolyn Cowan 16 Dec 2024
A Desmarest’s hutia in Cuba.

That Cuban rodent species you never knew about? Turns out it’s two species

Jeremy Hance 6 Dec 2024
Two lesser noddies seen in Cox's Bazar.

Lesser noddy sighting stirs up birding community in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam 5 Nov 2024

Scientists discover new hammerhead shark species — and it’s already at risk

Shanna Hanbury 18 Oct 2024

In the Pacific depths, an underwater mountain hosts a bonanza of new species

Liz Kimbrough 1 Oct 2024

Climate change could threaten newly described ‘shiny’ North American bees

Malaka Rodrigo 18 Sep 2024
Cacao pod in Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

New relatives of the cacao tree uncovered in old plant collections

Liz Kimbrough 29 Jul 2024

First-ever video of Amazon weasel recorded in Bolivia

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Jul 2024

Rare mutant blue-skinned frog spotted in Australia

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jul 2024
The four-person field research team.

34,000-year-old termite mounds in South Africa are still being used

Ruth Kamnitzer 28 Jun 2024

‘Miracle’ in miniature as rare new plant defies deforestation in Ecuador

Liz Kimbrough 28 Jun 2024
In 2021, a resident of the small Ecuadorian town of Simiátug found a male frog putatively belonging to the long-lost species Atelopus guanujo.

A tale of two frogs: The tough uphill battle for rediscovered species

Katarina Zimmer 4 Jun 2024
Researcher Alain Senghor K. Ngute looking at a photo of a millipede on a laptop, and making notes on a clipboard on the desk in front of him. Image by Haimdu Mnendendo.

Tanzania’s ‘mountain of millipedes’ yields six new species

Ryan Truscott 26 Mar 2024
A small, bright green chameleon with pale orange patches on its head, clinging to a matching stalk with its tail curled tightly. Image courtesy Christophe Bernier.

New ecoregion proposed for Southern Africa’s threatened ‘sky islands’

Ryan Truscott 13 Mar 2024

Giant anaconda species found on Waorani Indigenous land in Ecuador

Liz Kimbrough 28 Feb 2024
A Fejervarya iskandari

Java’s frogman reflects on half-century dive into amphibian world

Donny Iqbal 7 Feb 2024

Three new species of frogs found nestled in Madagascar’s pandan trees

Liz Kimbrough 1 Feb 2024
A lesser black krait in West Bengal, India.

Small, secretive & highly venomous snake seen for first time in Nepal’s hills

Abhaya Raj Joshi 1 Feb 2024
The length of the newly described stick insect can reach up to 35 cm (13.7 in).

In eastern Indonesia, a child adventurer discovers a new giant stick insect

Ebed de Rosary 31 Jan 2024
One of the six newly described chameleons from Tanzania

Photos: Top species discoveries from 2023

Liz Kimbrough 27 Dec 2023

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