New Species News

Posted May 11, 2008:

• Endangered Species Up The Risk Of Extinction For Other Species In Ecological Community

Posted May 9, 2008:

• Priority Regions For Threatened Frog And Toad Conservation In Latin America

Posted May 8, 2008:

• Biologists Names New Spider After Neil Young

Posted May 7, 2008:

• It Started With A Squeak: Moonlight Serenade Helps Lemurs Pick Mates Of The Right Species

Posted April 29, 2008:

• Legless Lizard And Tiny Woodpecker Among New Species Discovered In Brazil

Posted April 23, 2008:

• Building A Global Reference Library Of DNA Barcodes Of Marine Life

Posted April 18, 2008:

• Hawaiian Plant, Thought To Be Newcomer, Actually Shaped Ecology Of The Islands From The Beginning

Posted April 9, 2008:

• Scripps Oceanography Invites Donors To Name An Ocean Species

Posted April 8, 2008:

• First Lungless Frog Discovered
• Tiny Bug Found In Grand Canyon Region Cave Suggests Big Biodiversity

Posted March 28, 2008:

• Evolution Of New Species Slows Down As Number Of Competitors Increases

Posted March 21, 2008:

• Parasitic Worm May Be More Widespread Than Previously Thought

Posted March 17, 2008:

• New Bird Species Discovered
• Rare North Island Brown Kiwi Hatches At Smithsonian's National Zoo

Posted March 15, 2008:

• Harlequin Frog Rediscovered In Remote Region Of Colombia

Posted March 11, 2008:

• Beck's Petrel Flies Back From Presumed Extinction

Posted March 10, 2008:

• Rare Maud Island Frogs Hatched In New Zealand

Posted March 9, 2008:

• New Species Of Bacteria Contaminates Hairspray

Posted March 5, 2008:

• Giant Fossil Bats Out Of Africa, 35 Million Years Old

Posted February 25, 2008:

• 'Stubborn' Microbes Propagated WIth New Incubation Method

Posted February 21, 2008:

• Can Exposure To Intense Underwater Sound Result In Death Of Whales?

Posted February 19, 2008:

• New Method For Measuring Biodiversity Makes It Easier To Identify Key Species
• Leatherback Sea Turtles Followed On 12,700 Mile Migratory Journey Across The Pacific

Posted February 16, 2008:

• Protecting Ecosystems In Gulf Of Maine Requires Holistic Approach, Marine Biologists Urge

Posted February 14, 2008:

• New Fish Parasite Species Described

Posted February 12, 2008:

• Fossil Fuels And Nitrogen Fertilizers May Be Slowly Reducing The Number Of Plant Species Globally, Study Says

Posted February 9, 2008:

• Freshwater Fish Invasions The Result Of Human Activity

Posted February 7, 2008:

• DNA 'Barcode' Identified For Plants

Posted February 1, 2008:

• New Species Of Giant Elephant-shrew Discovered
• Whirligig Beetle Gets Rock 'N' Roll Legendary Name

Posted January 25, 2008:

• EDGE Amphibians: World's Weirdest Creatures Just Got Weirder

Posted January 22, 2008:

• New Genus Of Self-destructive Palm Found In Madagascar

Posted January 14, 2008:

• Complexity Of Termite Symbiotic Relationships With Fungi Could Hinder The Control Strategy Against This Insect Pest

Posted January 7, 2008:

• Selection Favors Character Displacement In Ivyleaf Morning Glory

Posted January 5, 2008:

• Ecosytem Modeling: Novel Approach To Incorporate Nontrophic Interactions

Posted January 4, 2008:

• Two Explosive Evolutionary Events Shaped Early History Of Multicellular Life

Posted January 3, 2008:

• New Owl Butterfly Species Naming Rights Auctioned For $40,800

Posted January 2, 2008:

• Giraffes And Frogs Provide More Evidence Of New Species Hidden In Plain Sight

Posted December 26, 2007:

• Will Beetles Inherit The Earth? Evolutionary Study Reveals Their Long-term Success

Posted December 21, 2007:

• Two New Species Of Soft Coral Discovered In Caribbean
• Variable Light Illuminates The Distribution Of Picophytoplankton

Posted December 12, 2007:

• Threatened Birds May Be Rarer Than Geographic Range Maps Suggest

Posted December 6, 2007:

• Indigenous Water Frogs In Europe Under Threat

Posted December 5, 2007:

• Green Turtle Nesting Sites Discovered In Senegal

Posted December 3, 2007:

• Climate Change Predicted To Drive Trees Northward
• Tomato Disease In Mexico Caused By New Virus

Posted December 1, 2007:

• Revamping Relationships Among Cultivated Potatoes

Posted November 20, 2007:

• 'Time-sharing' Tropical Birds Key To Evolutionary Mystery

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