World's Largest Shrew Discovered Posted: 7 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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World's Largest Fish Tank Holds Four Whale Sharks Posted: 2 months ago by punthe
If you wanted to visit the world's largest fish tank, you'd have to go to Okinawa, Japan, home of the "Kuroshio Sea," otherwise known as the Churaumi Aquarium.
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Only Known Species of a Vegetarian Spider Recently Discovered Posted: 2 weeks ago by aFROMoshi
One of what may be the first-known population of vegetarian spiders. The herbivores live on acacia trees in Mexico and steal leafy snacks, such as the tree nubbin this spider holds, from their ant neighbors.
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New, rare and threatened species discovered in Ghana Posted: 9 months 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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Zoo: Unknown Herpes Virus Kills Elephant Posted: 1 year ago by bevissimo
SEATTLE - A previously unknown elephant herpes virus killed the Woodland Park Zoo's youngest Asian elephant, zoo officials said Monday.
Six-year-old Hansa, who died last month, was one of 12 elephants fathered by a bull at a zoo in Missouri.
...Okay, who didn't take their Valtrex?
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eBay insect fossil is new species Posted: 1 week 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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Iran weaves world's largest carpet Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Iranian artist Ali Khaliqi has designed the world's largest, hand-woven carpet.
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New species of sea anemone discovered Posted: 1 year 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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New bat species discovered in Philippines Posted: 12 months 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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New limbless lizard species discovered Posted: 1 year 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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New 150 Million-year-old Crab Species Discovered Posted: 10 months 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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For Good Or Ill Ireland Gains Another Mammal Species Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
Dave Tosh, from the School of Biological Sciences at Queens University, found the greater white-toothed shrew in Tipperary and Limerick while working with University College Cork and BirdWatch Ireland. Its natural range is in parts of Africa, France and Germany and before now the closest it has been spotted to Ireland is in the Channel Islands.
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20 shark, ray species discovered in Indonesia Posted: 1 year ago by Neiako
Scientists document findings in effort to better track populations.
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Ancient deep-sea coral reefs off southeastern US serve as underwater 'islands' in the Gulf stream Posted: 3 months ago by 2manyusernames
Largely unexplored deep-sea coral reefs, some perhaps hundreds of thousands of years old, off the coast of the southeastern U.S. are not only larger than expected but also home to large fish populations and many newly discovered and unusual species. Results from a series of expeditions to document these habitats and their associated marine life have revealed some surprising results.
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World's largest prehistoric brewery unearthed in Ireland Posted: 1 year ago by misswinkle
Researchers found evidence of microbreweries across Ireland, which predates the 1759 foundation of the Guinness brewery by several thousand years.
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Photos of legless lizard and other newly discovered species in Brazil's Cerrado Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
An expedition to Brazil's Cerrado has turned up more than a dozen undiscovered species. Conservationists say the discoveries add urgency to protecting the grassland habitat which is rapidly being converted for agriculture.
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World's Largest HDTV Debuts At CES 2008 Posted: 8 months ago by punthe
With a viewing area that measures 11 feet by 6 1/4 feet and 8.84 million pixels of resolution, the TV (which has no model number and no date for being commercialized) is regularly thronged by crowds of slack-jawed onlookers, unable to comprehend the thing.
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Pen-tailed tree shrew is chronic boozer Posted: 4 weeks ago by AfroMosHi
Because the species is considered similar to the ancient ancestors of all primates, its 55-million-year bender suggests that our own taste for alcohol might predate the known advent of brewing some 9,000 years ago.
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Scientists discover new reefs teeming with marine life in Brazil Posted: 2 months ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists announced today the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state. The newly discovered area is also far more abundant in marine life than the previously known Abrolhos reef system, one of the world's most unique and important reefs.
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20 New Species from The Lost World Posted: 11 months ago by maxriter
New animals species are constantly discovered, even if they’re in a smaller number than those lost forever. After rounding upthe rarest animals in the world and the most endangered animals in the world, here is a list of the new species recently discovered in the world, including pictures and information on their habitat.
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Divers find new species in Aleutians Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
Two potentially new species of sea anemones have been discovered. Stephen Jewett, a professor of marine biology and the dive leader on the expedition, says that these are "walking" or "swimming" anemones because they move across the seafloor as they feed.
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