A treasure trove of potential new species has been uncovered in a modern-day Garden of Eden in Colombia, scientists announced Monday.
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Investing one-third of the roughly $2.5 trillion planned stimulus funds in "greening" the global economy will give a large boost to efforts to lift the world out of recession, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released today.
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When English naturalist Charles Darwin explored the Galapagos Islands in the early 1800s, he, and countless scientists since, overlooked a hefty pink iguana.
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Deep in the sea, scientists count 274 new species of fish, corals and more.
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Marine scientists have discovered hundreds of new animal species on reefs in Australian waters, including brilliant soft corals and tiny crustaceans, according to findings released Thursday.
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Careful cross-breeding could bring an extinct species of Galapagos tortoise back into existence, scientists suggest.
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Identified by DNA evidence, the newly named fish increase Australia's known shark and ray species by a third.
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Analysis of mitochondrial DNA from 61 iguanas reveals a new species.
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A new species of giant clam has been discovered in the Red Sea, scientists report in Current Biology journal.
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An estimated 125,000 Western lowland gorillas are living in a swamp in equatorial Africa, researchers reported Tuesday, double the number of the endangered primates thought to survive worldwide.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A red-breasted bird discovered by accident in the forests of Gabon is a new species, U.S. scientists said on Friday.
They have named the little bird the olive-backed forest robin, or Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus, but say they know little about it yet.
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Marine biologists being filmed for a BBC TV series see an astonishing 13 new fish species on an expedition in the Pacific.
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A snake as thin as spaghetti that can rest on a U.S. quarter may be the world's smallest.
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The Indonesian amphibian may have evolved to respire through its skin as an adaptation to its cold, fast-moving stream habitat, a new study says.
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