New, rare and threatened species discovered in Ghana Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists exploring one of the largest remaining blocks of tropical forest in Western Africa discovered significant populations of new, rare and threatened species underscoring the area’s high biological diversity and value.
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Hundreds of new marine species discovered: Australian scientists Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
Hundreds of new marine species and previously uncharted undersea mountains and canyons have been discovered in the depths of the Southern Ocean, Australian scientists said Wednesday.
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Extinct penguin species discovered Posted: 2 months ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists from the University of Adelaide are part of a team which has discovered evidence of a penguin species that lived in New Zealand 500 years ago.
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New giant clam species discovered Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
A new species of giant clam has been discovered in the Red Sea.
Fossils suggest that, about 125,000 years ago, the species Tridacna costata accounted for more than 80% of the area's giant clams.
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Rare Bolivian river dolphin is new species Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
A rare river dolphin has been officially classified as a new species.
The Bolivian river dolphin has been acknowledged as a separate species to the more widely-known Amazon River dolphin.
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Polar bears listed as threatened species Posted: 8 months ago by jhordie
Polar bears were listed on Wednesday as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act because their sea ice habitat is melting away, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced.
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New Species of Tiny Gecko Discovered Posted: 2 months ago by AutumnLotus
French scientists find new species of gecko, hatched from egg 12,000 miles from island home.
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Steelhead listed as 'threatened' species Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Puget Sound steelhead were listed Monday as a "threatened" species under the Endangered Species Act, the National Marine Fisheries Service said.
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U.N. declares Ecuador's Galapagos islands in danger Posted: 2 years ago by DrNothing
"They are threatened by invasive species, growing tourism and immigration," the UNESCO's world heritage committee meeting in New Zealand said a statement.
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New 150 Million-year-old Crab Species Discovered Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Researchers from Kent State University and the University of Bucharest, Romania, have discovered a new primitive crab species Cycloprosopon dobrogea in eastern Romania.
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New species of sea anemone discovered Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Researchers found a new species of sea anemone living in the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean and in the most unlikely location - a whale carcass.
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Scientists Discover Rare Albino Ratfish Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
There may never be a campaign to save the Puget Sound ratfish; no one really loves the ugly fish with rodent-like front teeth. But when a rare albino ratfish was found during a marine survey this past summer, scientists decided it was time to educate the public about the most abundant fish in local waters.
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New limbless lizard species discovered Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
An Indian zoologist said Monday he has found a new species of limbless lizard in a forested area in the country's east.
Looks like a snake to me.
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Rare albino cobra unable to survive in wild Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
This rare albino cobra may look beautiful, but it is just as deadly as the rest of its species. The three-and-a-half foot reptile was the only one of his albino siblings to survive, and is now kept on his own in a specially constructed enclosure.
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20 shark, ray species discovered in Indonesia Posted: 2 years ago by Neiako
Scientists document findings in effort to better track populations.
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Biologists rediscover rare cloud rat in Philippines: report Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
A rare rat species last seen over a century ago in the mountainous northern Philippines has been rediscovered by a team of American and Filipino biologists, a report said Sunday.
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World's Largest Shrew Discovered Posted: 11 months ago by MandolinOrange
The previously unknown, squirrel-size species is the world's largest known elephant shrew and the only new species from the group to be discovered in more than a century.
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Butterfly won't get species protection Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A butterfly found only at a popular Nevada off-road vehicle site won't receive federal protection as a threatened or endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided Wednesday.
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New bat species discovered in Philippines Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A new species of flying fox or fruit bat has been discovered on an island south of Manila. The orange-coloured bat with a distinctive white-stripped face was discovered in a protected wildlife area on Mindoro Island.
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Rare mammal remains found in Greece Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A group of paleontologists has discovered the tusks and petrified remains of a mastodon, a large mammoth-like mammal that lived some three million years ago.
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eBay insect fossil is new species Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay for £20 has discovered that it belongs to a previously unknown species of aphid.
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