Golden bat discovered in Bolivia
Scientists previously misclassified a golden bat which lives in Bolivia. This new study reemphasizes the importance of museum specimens, which ...
Tag: species
Not all species deteriorate with age, challenging study shows
For most creatures, mortality increases sharply with age - and we typically consider this to be natural. However, other animals, ...
The beautiful amphibian from hell: the crocodile newt in Vietnam
Researchers find out new species all the time, but really, when do they ever find a creature that looks like ...
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Study finds 86% species on Earth and 91% species in the ocean still await description [shorties]
Diversity is one of the most shocking aspects when it comes to life on Earth, and knowing how many species ...
Male-only clams stay fit by having sex with other species
If you ask me, one of the most interesting things regarding animal evolution is sex; the animal kingdom has expanded ...
Two groups of small fish are fastest evolving animals in the world, puzzling researchers
Over 50 species of pupfish are known from the US to Venezuela, and they are all pretty much the same ...
The emperor: major penguin colony disappears
It's another bad omen for life on Earth, as a colony of imperial penguins from the Antarctica peninsula has disappeared, ...
Shorties: we only have one last chance to save the tigers
"A tiger is a large-hearted gentleman with boundless courage and when he is exterminated – as exterminated he will be ...
Scientists find new bugs and frogs in Papua New Guinea
It's always nice when new species are discovered, and this time it ...
Ecuador will receive 3.6 billion $ not to drill for oil in a historic pact
The race for oil drilling is tougher than ever, and the effects are quite often extremely damaging for the environment ...
Octopus with venom that works in freezing temperatures discovered
Boy, you just can't have enough octopus, that's for sure - they're really amazing creatures, that often surprise us. Now, ...
Koalas in peril of extinction, due to habitat loss and an AIDS-like virus
The koala population has been going down for quite some while now, mostly due to habitat loss and the lack ...
Siberian tigers face dramatic decline, drawing near extinction
The Siberian tiger is the biggest feline to walk the face of the Earth at the time, but if today's ...
17650 Species that have never seen sunlight
The researchers from the Census of Marine Wildlife have accomplished a truly amazing task; they have inventoried a fantastic abundance ...
A new species of chameleon discovered
Dr Andrew Marshall, from the Environment Department at the University of York is the first who spotted a member of ...
Top 10 new animals of 2008
Every year, the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists announce the ...
Rare white lions go into the wild
In what is the culmination of years and years of work in the White Lion Project, a pride of white ...
Pushing Species To The Brink
We don't usually want to face it, but the fact is that mankind is pushing virtually ever other species to ...
7 animals that lived along with your grandparents but not with you
More and more animals are becoming extinct each day, due to hunting, destruction of habitat, pollution, and so on. In ...