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The new orchid species, Solenangis impraedicta, has a long nectar spur. Image courtesy of Marie Savignac.

‘Mind-blowing’ new orchid species found in Madagascar forest canopy

Liz Kimbrough 22 Mar 2024

New giant anaconda species found on Waorani Indigenous land in Ecuador

Liz Kimbrough 28 Feb 2024
De Winton's Golden Mole, a blind mole that lives beneath the sand and has sensitive hearing that can detect vibrations from movement above the surface. (Photo by JP Le Roux)

We’re losing species faster than we can find them, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 27 Feb 2024
The electric-blue tarantula, Chilobrachys natanicharum, found in Thailand. Image courtesy of Yuranan Nanthaisong

New electric-blue tarantula species is first found in Thailand mangroves

Liz Kimbrough 9 Oct 2023

‘Lost’ Brazilian holly tree species found again after nearly 200 years

Liz Kimbrough 21 Sep 2023
Tachymenoides harrisonfordi

It had to be a snake: New species from Peru named after Harrison Ford

Liz Kimbrough 29 Aug 2023
A dusky tetraka.

Lost bird found: Dusky tetraka seen in Madagascar after 24-year absence

Liz Kimbrough 7 Mar 2023

Newly described DiCaprio’s snake and others threatened by mining in Ecuador and Panama

Liz Kimbrough 23 Feb 2023

New gecko species from Timor-Leste hints at island’s unknown diversity

Liz Kimbrough 21 Feb 2023

New species of ‘Tolkien frog’ emerges from Middle Earth of Ecuadoran Andes

Liz Kimbrough 17 Feb 2023

Top 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2022
Lulilan obscurus is a newly discovered scorpionfly from Nepal. Image courtesy of Rainer Willmann

‘Bizarre’ newly classified scorpionfly shines light on Nepal’s insect diversity

Abhaya Raj Joshi 17 Dec 2022

Toxic new frog species from Ecuador named after Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane

Liz Kimbrough 10 Oct 2022

Eight new-to-science geckos described from biodiversity haven Madagascar

Liz Kimbrough 15 Sep 2022
Danaea alansmithii Colombia, Amazonas, Río Caquetá. PHOTO: HANNA TUOMISTO

Between six ferns: New tropical fern species described by science

Liz Kimbrough 19 Jul 2022

Of rats and bats: Hundreds of mammal species still unidentified, study says

Liz Kimbrough 13 Apr 2022
Smithsonian Museum field work

Pandemic hit the pause button on the discoveries of new species

Niranjana Rajalakshmi 16 Mar 2022

Spectacular new fish species is first to be named by Maldivian scientist

Liz Kimbrough 11 Mar 2022

Chocolate frog? New burrowing frog species unearthed in Amazon’s rare peatlands

Liz Kimbrough 28 Feb 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

Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 21 Dec 2021

New Himalayan snake found via Instagram

Liz Kimbrough 18 Nov 2021

From Shanghai Knights to gecko life: The Jackie Chan gecko among 12 new Indian species

Liz Kimbrough 7 Oct 2021
Western spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis). Image by Robby Heischman courtesy of the Field Museum.

Pepé Le New: Meet the acrobatic spotted skunks of North America

Liz Kimbrough 15 Sep 2021

A bouquet of discovery: Three new orchid species described from Ecuador

Liz Kimbrough 20 Aug 2021

New species of “killer tobacco” found at Australian truck stop

Liz Kimbrough 11 Aug 2021

In Sierra Leone, two colorful land crabs rediscovered, two new species found

Liz Kimbrough 30 Jul 2021
The new krait species Bungarus suzhenae. Photo by Dr Li Ding (CC-BY 4.0).

Deadly new snake named after mythical Chinese goddess of healing

Liz Kimbrough 21 Apr 2021
The new chameleon species, Trioceros wolfgangboehmei

Spiny new chameleon species described from Bale Mountains of Ethiopia

Liz Kimbrough 6 Apr 2021

Two new species of endangered screech owls identified from Brazil

Liz Kimbrough 1 Apr 2021

‘Spectacular’ orange-furred bat described from West African mountain

Liz Kimbrough 21 Jan 2021

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