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Fighting Crimes Against Biodiversity: How to Catch a Killer Weed
Invasive species which have
the potential to destroy
biodiversity and influence
global change could be
tracked and controlled in
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New Stinky Flower: Our Amorphophallus Is Smaller, but It Stinks Like Its Big Cousin
The famed “corpse
flower” plant –
known for its giant size,
rotten-meat odor and phallic
shape – has a new,
... > full story
New Species of Bamboo-Feeding Plant Lice Found in Costa Rica
Several periods of field
work during 2008 have led to
the discovery of a new
species of bamboo-feeding
plant lice in Costa Rica's
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A Battle of the Vampires, 20 Million Years Ago?
They are tiny, ugly,
disease-carrying little
blood-suckers that most
people have never seen or
heard of, but a new
discovery in a one-of-a-kind
... > full story
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Treasure Trove of Wildlife Found in Peru Park
February 2, 2012 — The Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Peru program recently announced the discovery of 365 species previously undocumented in Bahuaja Sonene National Park in southeastern ... > full story -
New Species of Ancient Crocodile Discovered; 'Sheildcroc' Was Ancestor of Today's Species
January 31, 2012 — A new species of prehistoric crocodile has been discovered. The extinct creature, nicknamed "Shieldcroc" due to a thick-skinned shield on its head, is an ancestor of today's ... > full story -
Rare Miller's Grizzled Langur Rediscovered in Borneo
January 20, 2012 — Scientists have found one of the rarest and least known primates in Borneo, Miller’s Grizzled Langur, a species which was believed to be extinct or on the verge of extinction. The findings ... > full storyMore: -
Inventory Lists 19,232 Newly Discovered Species During Latest Count
January 18, 2012 — More than half of the 19,232 species newly known to science in 2009, the most recent calendar year of compilation, were insects -- 9,738 or 50.6 percent -- according to the 2011 State of Observed ... > full story -
Arctic Plants Face an Uncertain Future
January 17, 2012 — New research shows that a warmer climate will have quite different consequences for plant species in the Arctic. While most species are expected to lose part of their current habitat, the genetic ... > full story -
Climate Adaptation Difficult for Europe's Birds
January 16, 2012 — For the past 20 years, the climate in Europe has been getting warmer. Species of bird and butterfly which thrive in cool temperatures therefore need to move further north. However, they have ... > full storyMore: -
Horse Fly Named in Honor of Beyonc
January 13, 2012 — A previously unnamed species of horse fly whose appearance is dominated by its glamorous golden lower abdomen has been named in honor of American pop diva, Beyoncé -- a member of the former ... > full story -
World's Smallest Vertebrate: Tiny Frogs Discovered in New Guinea
January 11, 2012 — Biologists just discovered two new species of frogs in New Guinea, one of which is now the world's tiniest known vertebrate, averaging only 7.7 millimeters in size -- less than one-third of an inch. ... > full story -
New Primate Species Discovered on Madagascar
January 7, 2012 — Biologists have discovered a new primate species in the Sahafina Forest in eastern Madagascar, a forest that has not been studied before. The name of the new species is Gerp’s mouse lemur ... > full story -
A New Wild Ginger Discovered from the Evergreen Forest of Western Ghats of South India
January 6, 2012 — Recent explorations in the evergreen forest of western Ghats resulted in the discovery of a new wild relative of the large cardamom from South ... > full story
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