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. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

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. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

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. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Members of one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes have been spotted and photographed from the air near the Brazil-Peru border. The photos were taken during several flights over one of the remotest parts of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil’s Acre state. picked by Stadsman 1 year ago

...in the remote Amazon. Scientists already concerned about the population and vulnerability of the species. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

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. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced on July 7 the discovery of a new monkey in a remote region of the Amazon in Brazil. picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago

The Metyktire tribe, with about 87 members, was found last week in an area that is difficult to reach because of thick jungle and a lack of nearby rivers some 1,200 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

A flood hits a fire ant colony in the Amazon jungle. An amazing chance to see footage on how the species has adapted to water to protect their queen.

Embedding doesn't work. Click here picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The new species of Antarctic fish, Gosztonyia antarctica, has been discovered at a depth of 650 metres in the Bellingshausen Sea in the Antarctic Ocean, an area which has not been studied since 1904 and where the fauna is "completely" unknown. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

French scientists find new species of gecko, hatched from egg 12,000 miles from island home. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A third species of Palaeopropithecus, an extinct group of large lemurs, has just been uncovered in the northwest of Madagascar by a Franco-Madagascan team. Baptised Palaeopropithecus kelyus, this new specimen is smaller than the two species of these 'large sloth lemurs' already known and its diet made up of harder-textured foodstuffs. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

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. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Amazon removed the sales ranking from several books about gay dating and homosexual lifestyle for being "adult" material, but kept the ranking on things like vibrators and anal plugs.

*Amazon fail* picked by cmgoings 8 months ago

One of the mechanisms governing how our physical features and behavioural traits have evolved over centuries has been discovered by researchers at the University of Leeds.

In research published this week, the Leeds team reports that a protein known as REST plays a central role in switching specific genes on and off, thereby determining how specific traits develop in offspring. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

September 2009. World Land Trust (US) and their partner CEDIA (Center for the Development of the Indigenous Amazonians) are proud to announce that the Matsés National Reserve has been approved by the Peruvian national government. This will help ensure the protection of 1,039,390 acres of pristine Amazonian rainforest as well as the Matsés indigenous Amazon tribe. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

Nearly all the indigenous peoples of the Amazon speak of the Mapinguary, a legendary animal which bares a large resembalence to the extinct giant sloth. picked by kyot 2 years ago

The Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the Earth’s climate system, is coming under threat from cleaner air say prominent UK and Brazilian climate scientists. The new study identifies a link between reducing sulphur dioxide emissions from burning coal and increasing sea surface temperatures in the tropical north Atlantic, resulting in a heightened risk of drought in the Amazon rainforest. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Bits of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China may be evidence of the earliest development of ceramics by ancient people. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Archaelogists have discovered a more than 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb perfectly preserved in the hills of Tuscany with a treasure trove of artefacts inside, including urns that hold the remains of about 30 people. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago