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Scientists could name every species on Earth in 50 years

Jeremy Hance 28 Jan 2013

Photo: Subterranean ‘Moby Dick’ mermaid lizard discovered in Madagascar

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jan 2013

Photos: Neon blue dragon discovered in Vietnamese rainforest

Mongabay.com 15 Jan 2013

New giant flying frog discovered near city of 9 million

Jeremy Hance 9 Jan 2013

Botanists discover cave-dwelling plant

Alex Hatheway 7 Jan 2013

Photos: the top new species discoveries in 2012

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Dec 2012

Photo: New spider species named after Obama

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2012

Photos: 3 colorful lizard species discovered in Australia

Mongabay.com 19 Dec 2012

Pictures: 126 new species discovered in Greater Mekong region last year

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2012

New species of cute, but venomous, primate discovered in Borneo

Mongabay.com 13 Dec 2012

California researchers discover 137 new species in 2012

Mongabay.com 7 Dec 2012

Introducing the ‘Obama-fish’

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2012

Long and thin with a big head: new snake adds diversity to a bizarre group (photo)

Jeremy Hance 28 Nov 2012

New species of bioluminescent cockroach possibly already extinct by volcanic eruption

Michael Rudolph 14 Nov 2012

Whale only known from bones washes up on beach in New Zealand

Jeremy Hance 5 Nov 2012

New rare frog discovered in Sri Lanka, but left wholly unprotected

Darren Lloyd 5 Nov 2012

Happy Halloween: nine new species of tree-climbing tarantula discovered

Jeremy Hance 31 Oct 2012

Photo: high-altitude bird rediscovered after 80 years

Jeremy Hance 29 Oct 2012

Photos: new mammal menagerie uncovered in remote Peruvian cloud forest

Jeremy Hance 3 Oct 2012

Conflict and perseverance: rehabilitating a forgotten park in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 19 Sep 2012

Scientists name new snake species to criticize mine plans in Panama (photos)

Jeremy Hance 18 Sep 2012

Remarkable new monkey discovered in remote Congo rainforest

Jeremy Hance 12 Sep 2012

Tiny new frog discovered in India bypasses the free-swimming tadpole stage

Mongabay.com 7 Sep 2012

Unidentified poodle moth takes Internet by storm

Jeremy Hance 29 Aug 2012

Private reserve safeguards newly discovered frogs in Ecuadorian cloud forest

Jeremy Hance 28 Aug 2012

‘Penis-headed’ fish discovered in Vietnam

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2012

Forget-me-not: two new flowers discovered in New Zealand gravely endangered

Jeremy Hance 23 Aug 2012

Bizarre new rodent discovered in Indonesia has only 2 teeth

Jeremy Hance 22 Aug 2012

New bird discovered in Colombia imperiled by hydroelectric project

Jeremy Hance 19 Aug 2012

New owl species discovered in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 19 Aug 2012

Velociraptor spider discovered in Oregon cave (pictures)

Jeremy Hance 17 Aug 2012

Scientists discover beautiful new insect species after stumbling upon photos on Flickr

Mongabay.com 9 Aug 2012

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