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That Cuban rodent species you never knew about? Turns out it’s two species
Jeremy Hance
6 Dec 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
New relatives of the cacao tree uncovered in old plant collections
Liz Kimbrough
29 Jul 2024
‘Miracle’ in miniature as rare new plant defies deforestation in Ecuador
Liz Kimbrough
28 Jun 2024
A tiger cat gains new species designation, but conservation challenges remain
Sean Mowbray
5 Apr 2024
Tanzania’s ‘mountain of millipedes’ yields six new species
Ryan Truscott
26 Mar 2024
‘Mind-blowing’ new orchid species found in Madagascar forest canopy
Liz Kimbrough
22 Mar 2024
New ecoregion proposed for Southern Africa’s threatened ‘sky islands’
Ryan Truscott
13 Mar 2024
New giant anaconda species found on Waorani Indigenous land in Ecuador
Liz Kimbrough
28 Feb 2024
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
In eastern Indonesia, a child adventurer discovers a new giant stick insect
Ebed de Rosary
31 Jan 2024
Newly identified shorebird species takes its name from Hanuman, a mythical Hindu ape god
Malaka Rodrigo
25 Jan 2024
In PNG, researchers record 9 new species of predatory hermaphroditic land snails
Spoorthy Raman
24 Jan 2024
Newly described tree species from Sumatra could be vital for threatened orangutans
Liz Kimbrough
28 Dec 2023
Photos: Top species discoveries from 2023
Liz Kimbrough
27 Dec 2023
New volcano toad from Mount Kenya reveals an ancient lineage
Ryan Truscott
4 Dec 2023
Collaboration key to rediscovery of egg-laying mammal in Papua’s Cyclops Mountains
Basten Gokkon
28 Nov 2023
Gone before we know them? Kew’s ‘State of the World’s Plants and Fungi’ report warns of extinctions
Liz Kimbrough
10 Oct 2023
New electric-blue tarantula species is first found in Thailand mangroves
Liz Kimbrough
9 Oct 2023
Newly described gecko from Madagascar a master of disguise
Malavika Vyawahare
14 Sep 2023
It had to be a snake: New species from Peru named after Harrison Ford
Liz Kimbrough
29 Aug 2023
Should species be named after people? It’s up for debate.
Liz Kimbrough
25 Jul 2023
Greater Mekong proves an ark of biodiversity, with 380 new species in a year
Liz Kimbrough
24 May 2023
Fires threaten Afromontane forests’ ‘whole new world’: Q&A with Martim Melo
Ryan Truscott
22 May 2023
Global Ocean Census aims to find 100,000 marine species in 10 years
Elizabeth Claire Alberts
3 May 2023
New ‘snug,’ a snail with a too-small shell, described from Brunei rainforest
Basten Gokkon
27 Apr 2023
Scientists make ‘rare’ new identification of snake family: Micrelapidae
Mactilda Mbenywe
21 Apr 2023
World’s newest great ape faces habitat loss, multiple threats: Will it survive?
Hans Nicholas Jong
14 Apr 2023
Newly described leafless orchid in Sri Lanka named after a precious yellow sapphire
Malaka Rodrigo
31 Mar 2023
Six newly described chameleon species reflect Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains’ fragility and richness
Ryan Truscott
3 Mar 2023
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