http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-04-29T16:24:08+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_mammal_menagerie_uncovered_in_remote_peruvian_cloud_forest/?source=rss Every year scientists describe around 18,000 new species, but mammals make up less than half a percent of those. Yet mammal surprises remain: deep in the remote Peruvian Andes, scientists have made an incredible discovery: a rich cloud forest and alpine grassland ecosystem that may be home to no less than eight new mammal species. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, South America, Peru 2012-10-20T07:43:48+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_monkey_species_discovered_in_africa/?source=rss A new species of monkey has been identified in Africa, the first one in 28 years, say scientists. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Africa, Dem. Rep. of the Congo 2012-09-13T01:23:35+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/mad_frog_bonanza_up_to_36_new_frogs_discovered_in_tiny_madagascar_forest/?source=rss 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Africa, Madagascar 2012-04-20T22:55:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/fungi_discovered_in_the_amazon_will_eat_your_plastic/?source=rss 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Land, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, South America, Brazil 2012-01-30T19:31:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/the_biggest_new_species_discoveries_in_2011/?source=rss 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries 2011-12-31T18:52:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_dolphin_species_discovered_in_victoria/?source=rss Victorian researchers have discovered a new species of dolphin living right under their noses on Melbourne's doorstep. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Oceania, Australia 2011-09-16T02:45:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/living_fossil_eel_swam_at_dawn_of_dinosaur_age/?source=rss 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Oceania, Palau 2011-08-26T15:43:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/10_new_frogs_discovered_in_indias_great_rainforest/?source=rss 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Indian Sub-Continent, India 2011-08-10T03:23:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/more_than_300_new_species_discovered_in_the_philippines/?source=rss 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2011-06-26T12:28:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/cambodian_scientist_discovers_new_species_of_blind_and_legless_lizard/?source=rss First on record in Cambodia and the first reptile to be both discovered and formally described in a scientific journal by a Cambodian national. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, South-East Asia, Cambodia 2011-05-11T03:20:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/scientists_announce_discovery_of_new_species_of_seabird_the_first_in_89_yea/?source=rss 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, South America, Chile 2011-03-24T04:22:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/puma_goes_carbon_neutral_by_protecting_lions_in_kenya/?source=rss 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. Top Headlines, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Africa, Kenya 2011-03-24T01:14:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/huge_coral_reefs_discovered_off_puerto_rico/?source=rss A new discovery of thriving coral reefs off the coast of Puerto Rico may offer hope for other shallower reefs. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Water, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Caribbean, Puerto Rico 2011-01-12T08:28:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/nasa_funded_research_discovers_life_built_with_toxic_chemical/?source=rss NASA-funded astrobiology research has changed the fundamental knowledge about what comprises all known life on Earth. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Science, Space, Regions, North America, United States, Washington D.C. 2010-12-03T06:15:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_monkey_species_discovered_in_myanmar/?source=rss Hunters' reports have led scientists to discover a new species of monkey in the northern forests of Myanmar. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, South-East Asia, Myanmar 2010-10-29T18:44:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_fish_species_found_deep_below_ocean_surface/?source=rss Scientists have discovered a new species of fish living almost 4 1/2 miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, South America, Chile, Peru 2010-10-16T21:52:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_carnivorous_mammal_species_found_in_madagascar/?source=rss A new species of carnivorous mammal has been discovered in Madagascar. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Africa, Madagascar 2010-10-11T17:02:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/coral_oasis_found_in_mediterranean_desert/?source=rss The exploration vessel Nautilus, with a team of experts of the University of Haifa's Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences , headed by Prof. Zvi Ben Avraham, discovered for the first time an area of reefs with deep-sea corals in the Mediterranean, offshore of Israel. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Middle East, Israel 2010-10-08T05:54:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/first_ocean_life_census_finds_6000_new_species1/?source=rss Taking a census of marine life is not as easy as knocking on doors. But after a 10-year effort that included diving into icy waters, guiding robots into pitch-black depths and laying out a vast network of microphones to spy on migrating fish, scientists today unveiled the results of the first-ever accounting of the ocean's creatures, including some 6,000 new species. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries 2010-10-05T00:04:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/tiger_population_discovered_above_11000ft_in_bhutan_mountains/?source=rss A 'lost' population of tigers has been filmed living in the Himalayas. The discovery has stunned experts, as the tigers are living at a higher altitude than any others known and appear to be successfully breeding. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, Indian Sub-Continent, Bhutan 2010-09-22T05:17:00+00:00