Tag Archives: new species
New snake species named after assassinated forest campaigner
A deadly but beautiful new species of palm pit-viper snake has been named after the assassinated forest campaigner Mario Guifarro. The gorgeous new species was discovered by scientists during two expeditions in 2010 aimed at studying the fauna of Texiguat Wildlife Refuge, one of the most endemism-rich and diverse highland forests in Mesoamerica. The new [...]
Need to name a new species? Look to Yellow Pages
Discovering, describing and naming a new species used to be a long time-consuming task but thanks to DNA profiling it is much quicker and easier. That’s important with current levels of habitat loss. But what happens when new species come thick and fast? How do you name all those new species? That’s a problem that [...]
Kill Bill hits the insect world
Dressed in orange with black stripes Uma Thurman as Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill leaves a trail of blood and gore throughout the movie. The Bride fights the Crazy 88 scene is one of the most bloody in Quentin Tarantino’s film. Now a blood-thirsty parasitic wasp from Thailand has been named after the lead character. Cystomastacoides [...]
Flickr leads to discovery of new lacewing species
A brand new species of lacewing has been discovered in Malaysia but were it not for photo sharing website Flickr the species could have remained unknown and undescribed. The insect was photographed in the rain-forest of Selangor in Malaysia and then released. The images were posted online and discovered by research scientists. The new green [...]
19,232 new species discovered in 2009 latest report shows
The annual State of Observed Species report for 2011 has been released by the International Institute for Species Exploration. Highlighted in the report are the latest compilation figures for new wildlife species. The latest full calendar year available, 2009, showed that 19,232 species were either newly discovered or rediscovered. Insects leading the pack of newly discovered [...]
300 new species for the Philippines
Earlier this year a team of scientists from the California Academy of Sciences explored the biodiversity of the Philippines. It was one of the most extensive wildlife surveys ever conducted in the country and ranged from mountain tops to under sea corals. The result was more than 300 potential new species. This extensive survey was conducted [...]
International researchers name the top 10 new species for 2010
The International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) have named their top 10 newly described species for 2010. the species include a giant toothed leech and a new bacterium discovered at home on the Titanic. The release of the list each year is timed to coincide with the anniversary of the birth Carolus Linnaeus -the father [...]
Borneo: home of unique endemic species
Where do you find a dart firing slug, a frog with no lungs and the longest stick insect in the world? The answer is deep in the heart of Borneo. In the three years that the Heart of Borneo conservation project has been operating an amazing 123 species new species have been discovered. In the [...]