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Stranger than fiction? New spiders found in Brazil named after creatures from popular fantasy stories

There’s a new member of the lemur family

Meet Indonesia’s new honeyeater species from Rote Island

New ‘ghost’ scorpion among several species recorded for the first time in Malaysian rainforest

‘New’ giant octopus discovered in the Pacific

Photos: Top 20 new species of 2017

Scientists determine there are seven species of silky anteater, not one

Forest Code falls short in protecting Amazonian fish

Brilliant blue tarantula among potentially new species discovered in Guyana

Scientists surprised to discover new butterflyfish

A new species of orangutan from Indonesia (analysis)

Brilliantly colored ‘lost’ salamander rediscovered after 42 years

Saving the ‘Star Wars gibbon’: Q&A with primatologist Carolyn Thompson

Seychelles home to new species of caecilian, a legless amphibian

Myanmar caves yield up 19 new gecko species

Two new ‘birdcatcher’ trees described from Puerto Rico

Meet the new Bernie Sanders spider

Giant tree-dwelling rat discovered in the Solomon Islands

Four new toads discovered in Sumatra

381 new species described from the Amazon over two-year period

New crab with star-shaped outgrowths discovered in Taiwan

‘Yoda bat’ happy to be recognized as new species

Monkey rediscovered in Brazil after 80 years

Three new frog species found in Peruvian Andes with more to come

Rare bird not seen in 60 years rediscovered

Proposed Colombia dam threatens to wipe out endangered plants, disrupt river

Meet the new giant sunfish that has evaded scientists for centuries

Photos: Four new species of burrowing frogs discovered in India

Five new species in world’s largest tree genus found on Sulawesi

DNA analysis reveals a third species of flying squirrel in North America

New ‘Elfin mountain toad’ discovered in Annamite Mountains of Vietnam

Australian spider named for world champion surfer

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