Scientists have discovered the world’s deepest-dwelling fish during research in the depths of the Pacific. They captured video footage of a type of snailfish at depths of 8,145 metres (26,700ft). They also discovered several new species on the trip to the Mariana Trench in the Pacific, as well as the first footage of a live […]
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Listen to New Bird Species Discovered in Brazil: Cryptic Treehunter
Brazilian ornithologists Dr Juan Mazar Barnett and Dr Dante Buzzetti of the Center for Ornithological Studies in São Paulo have discovered a new species of bird that lives in the dense, humid forests of northeastern Brazil. The new species, named the Cryptic treehunter (Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti), is a member of the South American bird family Furnariidae […]
Bahian Mouse-Colored Tapaculo: New Bird Species Discovered in Brazil
An international team of ornithologists led by Dr Marcos Bornschein of the Mater Natura-Instituto de Estudos Ambientais in Curitiba has described an endangered new species of bird from the montane Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil. The new species belongs to Scytalopus, a genus of small passerine birds in the family Rhinocryptidae. Its isolated populations […]
In the shadows of Machu Picchu, scientists find ‘extinct’ cat-sized mammal
Below one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, scientists have made a remarkable discovery: a living cat-sized mammal that, until now, was only known from fossils. The Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat (Cuscomys oblativa) was first described from two enigmatic skulls discovered in Incan pottery sculpted 400 years ago. Dug up by […]
Have scientists discovered a new primate in the Philippines?
Despite some media reports, scientists have not yet discovered a new species of big-eyed, nocturnal primate – known as tarsiers – in the Philippines. Instead what they have discovered is an intriguing population that is genetically-distinct even from nearby relatives, according to a new open-access paper in PLOS ONE. “There does seem to be a […]
Etendeka Round-Eared Sengi: New Mammal Species Discovered in Namibia
An international group of biologists led by Dr Jack Dumbacher from California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco has described a new species of elephant-shrew (round-eared sengi) from remote northwestern Namibia. The newly discovered species has been named the Etendeka round-eared sengi (Macroscelides micus). The name Etendeka is from the Himba/Otji-Herero language of the Himba […]
Found: New Beetle Collected by Darwin 180 Years Ago
Call it a 205th birthday present: A beetle collected by Charles Darwin was declared a new species on the anniversary of his birth, February 12, 1809, a new study says. The beetle, dubbed Darwinilus sedarisi, after the naturalist and the author David Sedaris, is also a new genus of rove beetle—a group of highly diverse […]
Red toad discovered in the upper reaches of the Amazon
Scientists have described a previously unknown species of dead-leaf toad in the Peruvian Andes. The species, which is a master of camouflage, is named Rhinella yunga after the Yungas, the montane forest ecoregion it inhabits. It lives in leaf litter, where it blends in with its cryptic coloration and leaf-like body shape. Until its description […]