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The health of penguin chicks points scientists to changes in the ocean

Mongabay.com 22 May 2019

Hunting for rare plants in inaccessible spots: Q&A with drone pilot Ben Nyberg

Shreya Dasgupta 13 May 2019

Meet the new species of venomous pit viper described from India

Shreya Dasgupta 9 May 2019

’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019

New Amazonian species of short-tailed whip scorpion sheds light on ‘the mating march’

Mongabay.com 12 Apr 2019

New species of ancient human found in a Philippine cave

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Apr 2019

New species of skink from Angola has waited over 70 years to be described

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Apr 2019

Meet Mini mum, Mini ature, Mini scule: Tiny new frogs from Madagascar

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2019

Bid to protect Borneo’s wild cattle hinges on whether it’s a new species

Budi Baskoro 18 Mar 2019

Genetic test reveals Baltic flounder migration routes and a new species

Lakshmi Supriya 13 Mar 2019

Latam Eco Review: Scandal rocks famed Easter Island park and a freshwater crab discovery

Mongabay.com 9 Mar 2019

180 years of herps: Q&A with Luis Ceríaco on Angola’s atlas of life

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Mar 2019

World’s largest bee filmed alive for the first time in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2019

Six new catfish species, facial tentacles and all, described in Amazon

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2019

New species of leaf-mimicking lizard could already be victim of pet trade

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Jan 2019

New species of tree frog from Ecuador has a mysterious claw

Mongabay.com 7 Jan 2019

Photos: Top 10 new species of 2018

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Dec 2018

Deep-sea survey of Australian marine parks reveals striking species

Mongabay.com 19 Dec 2018

Relative of ‘penis snake’ amphibian named after Donald Trump

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2018

New species of giant salamander described after decades of mystery

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2018

This blue-throated hummingbird is new to science — but already endangered

Emily Clark 27 Nov 2018

17 new brilliantly colored species of sea slugs described

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Nov 2018

Africa’s slender-snouted crocodile is not one but two species

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2018

Bird-rich Indonesian island yields up new songbird species

Basten Gokkon 26 Oct 2018

Secrets revealed: Researchers explore unique, isolated forest in Mozambique

Morgan Erickson-Davis 19 Oct 2018
Monopterus rongsaw, a swamp eel from India. Photo © Rachunliu G Kamei

Hot pink swamp eel discovered in Indian rainforest

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2018

New tree species from Cameroon is possibly already extinct

Mongabay.com 3 Oct 2018

New species of neon-colored fish discovered off Brazil

Mongabay.com 26 Sep 2018

New species of blood-red coral found off Panama coast

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2018

Rare bird, feared extinct after hurricane, is spotted in Bahamas again

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2018

New orchid species discovered in Peruvian Amazon

Mongabay.com 23 Aug 2018

The Japan pig is a tiny colorful pygmy seahorse smaller than a fingernail

Mongabay.com 17 Aug 2018

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