A new species of monkey has been identified in Africa, the first one in 28 years, say scientists.
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A forest less than half the size of Manhattan sports an astounding number of frogs, according to a new paper in Biodiversity Conservation. Two surveys of Madagascar's Betampona Nature Reserve, which covers 2,228 hectares, has uncovered 76 unique frogs, 36 of which may be new to science.
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The Amazon is home to more species than almost anywhere else on earth. One of them, carried home recently by a group from Yale University, appears to be quite happy eating plastic in airless landfills.
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Every year scientists describe thousands of species for the first time. 2011 was no different, so here's a look at some of the significant new species discoveries for the year.
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Victorian researchers have discovered a new species of dolphin living right under their noses on Melbourne's doorstep.
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GNN staff |
Fri August 26, 2011
In the small island republic of Palau, marine biologists have made a remarkable find just 35 meters below the surface. A new species of eel have been discovered which seem to be closer related to ancient fossils of eel from the Cretaceous era, rather than modern eels.
The animal likely appeared some 200 million years ago, just at the very end of the Triassic period.
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Ten new species of frog have been discovered in India's Western Ghats according to two new papers in Biosystematica. Although human populations have farmed in the Western Ghats for centuries, the new discoveries prove that the rainforest still holds many surprises.
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This spring, scientists from the California Academy of Sciences braved leeches, lionfish, whip-scorpions and a wide variety of other biting and stinging creatures to lead the most comprehensive scientific survey effort ever conducted in the Philippines, documenting both terrestrial and marine life forms from the tops of the highest mountains to the depths of the sea.
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First on record in Cambodia and the first reptile to be both discovered and formally described in a scientific journal by a Cambodian national.
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From photographs taken by noted ornithologist Peter Harrison and reports by members of a five-member multinational expedition, bird watchers are following what for them is the event of a lifetime: the discovery of a new species of seabird.
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PUMA, the sporting goods brand, and its parent company PPR will offset their 2010 carbon dioxide emissions by purchasing carbon credits generated through conservation of wildlife habitat in Kenya.
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A new discovery of thriving coral reefs off the coast of Puerto Rico may offer hope for other shallower reefs.
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NASA-funded astrobiology research has changed the fundamental knowledge about what comprises all known life on Earth.
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Hunters' reports have led scientists to discover a new species of monkey in the northern forests of Myanmar.
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