Collaborate Disseminate
The world seems to be on the brink of a sixth major extinction event, largely thanks to human activity and the consequent climate change. The (absolute) least we could do is try to prevent some of them, and now a new study has quantified just how many … Continue reading Conservation efforts prevented dozens of extinctions, says study
It can be hard to determine if an animal is extinct or just really good at hiding, especially for already-elusive creatures like frogs. But now, researchers have demonstrated a new way to track lost species by searching for their loose DNA in the envir… Continue reading DNA study rediscovers frog species lost to science for 50 years
A long-lost species has now been rediscovered alive and well. The Somali sengi, a small, insect-eating mammal that hasn’t been seen in over 40 years, has turned up in East Africa, with researchers snapping the first-ever photos and video of them in the… Continue reading First ever video taken of long-lost species rediscovered in Africa
All kinds of fascinating discoveries are likely lying in wait for us in the deep sea. Now scientists have pulled a new monster out of the waters off the coast of Indonesia. The creature is a new species of “supergiant” isopod, a huge marine relative of… Continue reading “Supergiant” new species of isopod discovered in the deep ocean
Forget space – the oceans are Earth’s final frontier. Even after centuries of exploration we’re still only just scratching the surface of what lives down there. The latest case in point is a diving expedition off the coast of Western Australia, which h… Continue reading Deep sea expedition uncovers 30 new species, plus longest-known animal
It may not be a Bigfoot or a Loch Ness Monster, but a somewhat creepy new animal species has recently been discovered. Named Macrobdella mimicus, it’s the first medicinal (human-blood-sucking) leech to be described in North America in over 40… Continue reading Newly-identified blood-sucking leech has been quietly living in American swamps for decades
In 2012, centuries-old legends of a lost city in Honduras were confirmed when ancient ruins were rediscovered in the dense Mosquita rainforest. Now, scientists have conducted a three-week expedition to these ruins, known as the “White City” o… Continue reading “Lost City of the Monkey God” reveals treasure trove of rare, new and rediscovered species
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to map the genome of 1.5 million plants, animals, and fungi. Continue reading Biologists Have Started Their Attempt to Sequence the DNA of Every Living Thing on Earth