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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

Earless African pygmy toad discovered on remote mountain in Angola

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Aug 2018

Africa’s biggest cobra is five species, not one, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Aug 2018

Researcher names spectacular new frog after his granddaughter

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2018

New species of shark named after pioneering ‘Shark Lady’ Eugenie Clark

Mongabay.com 20 Jul 2018

New species of venomous snake discovered by accident in Australia

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2018

Latam Eco Review: Five newly described snakes named by auction in Ecuador

Mongabay.com 6 Jul 2018

New ‘goblin spiders’ from Sri Lanka named after Enid Blyton characters

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Jun 2018

Scientists find new snail-eating snakes, auction naming rights to save them

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Jun 2018

‘Rainbow’ chameleon among three new species described from Madagascar

Shreya Dasgupta 16 May 2018

Scientists highlight 9 potentially new reef fish species off West Papua

Wahyu Chandra 14 May 2018

Six new peeping frogs discovered in western Mexico

Mike Gaworecki 11 May 2018

New species of shrew discovered on a single mountaintop in the Philippines

Mongabay.com 11 May 2018

New species of Malaysian water beetle named after Leonardo DiCaprio

Mongabay.com 30 Apr 2018

New species of superb bird-of-paradise has special dance moves

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2018

New species of ‘exploding ant’ discovered in Borneo

Morgan Erickson-Davis 19 Apr 2018

Scientists stumble upon hundreds of octopus moms in the deep sea

Mongabay.com 19 Apr 2018

Population of world’s rarest giant turtle rises to 4 with new discovery

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Apr 2018

‘Lost’ fairy lantern spotted in Malaysian Borneo after 151 years

Mongabay.com 4 Apr 2018

Under the sea: Life is the bubbles in newly described deep-reef zone

Basten Gokkon 28 Mar 2018

150 years after being discovered, African monkey with handlebar moustache becomes its own species

Mike Gaworecki 16 Mar 2018

Mysterious new butterfly named after YouTuber Emily Graslie

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2018

New thumbnail-sized pygmy squid discovered in Australia

Mongabay.com 2 Mar 2018

New population of extremely rare ‘red handfish’ discovered off Tasmania

Mongabay.com 14 Feb 2018

Scientists discover 18 new spider-hunting spiders from Madagascar

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Feb 2018

Ecuador announces a new national park in the Andes

Valeria Sorgato 7 Feb 2018

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