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Top 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photos)
Liz Kimbrough
29 Dec 2022
Here come the sunbirds: New species from Indonesia’s Wakatobi Islands
Basten Gokkon
9 Nov 2022
‘A mollusk is as important as a tiger’: Q&A with Prem Bahadur Budha
Abhaya Raj Joshi
25 Oct 2022
Toxic new frog species from Ecuador named after Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane
Liz Kimbrough
10 Oct 2022
Enigmatic binturong photographed in Nepal for the first time
Abhaya Raj Joshi
29 Sep 2022
Sri Lankan study identifies new jellyfish, sparking interest in the species
Malaka Rodrigo
20 Sep 2022
Eight new-to-science geckos described from biodiversity haven Madagascar
Liz Kimbrough
15 Sep 2022
Between six ferns: New tropical fern species described by science
Liz Kimbrough
19 Jul 2022
Authorities and Yobin communities clash as deforestation spikes in Indian national park
Spoorthy Raman
15 Jul 2022
Colorful new corals bedeck the busy waters off Hong Kong, study shows
Liz Kimbrough
11 Jul 2022
Newly described plant is latest fruit of Sri Lankan botanists’ collaboration
Malaka Rodrigo
10 May 2022
Of rats and bats: Hundreds of mammal species still unidentified, study says
Liz Kimbrough
13 Apr 2022
Spectacular new fish species is first to be named by Maldivian scientist
Liz Kimbrough
11 Mar 2022
Vulnerable Antarctic reefs reveal wealth of life as rich as tropical corals
Elizabeth Claire Alberts
11 Mar 2022
Chocolate frog? New burrowing frog species unearthed in Amazon’s rare peatlands
Liz Kimbrough
28 Feb 2022
One fish, two fish: New goby species described from the Philippines
Carolyn Cowan
21 Feb 2022
As climate change melts Antarctic ice, gentoo penguins venture further south
Elizabeth Claire Alberts
21 Jan 2022
In untangling a taxonomic web, Sri Lankan researchers describe seven new jumping spiders
Malaka Rodrigo
13 Jan 2022
In Panama, a tiny rainfrog named after Greta Thunberg endures
Liz Kimbrough
11 Jan 2022
Not your ordinary houseplant: World’s tallest begonia found in Tibet
Liz Kimbrough
7 Jan 2022
New shrews just dropped: Sulawesi yields up 14 freshly described species
Basten Gokkon
30 Dec 2021
2021’s top ocean news stories (commentary)
Callie Steffen, Douglas McCauley, Emma Critchley, Molly Morse
28 Dec 2021
Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)
Liz Kimbrough
21 Dec 2021
New Himalayan snake found via Instagram
Liz Kimbrough
18 Nov 2021
Straight outta Borneo: New gecko species just dropped
Ahmad Supardi
2 Nov 2021
From Shanghai Knights to gecko life: The Jackie Chan gecko among 12 new Indian species
Liz Kimbrough
7 Oct 2021
Pepé Le New: Meet the acrobatic spotted skunks of North America
Liz Kimbrough
15 Sep 2021
Scientists describe new tree frog in push to catalog Indonesia’s amphibians
Grace Dungey
2 Sep 2021
A ‘sleeping beauty’ awakens to join Sri Lanka’s list of endemic plants
Malaka Rodrigo
26 Aug 2021
A bouquet of discovery: Three new orchid species described from Ecuador
Liz Kimbrough
20 Aug 2021
In Sierra Leone, two colorful land crabs rediscovered, two new species found
Liz Kimbrough
30 Jul 2021
Naming of new ant species from Ecuador breaks with binary gender conventions
Jansen Baier
5 Jul 2021
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