10 Items Tagged

New Species

natural history

A Rare and Striking Butterfly Is Named for a Pioneering Female Naturalist

Maria Sibylla Merian watched these beautiful insects more closely than anyone else of her time.

Sarah Laskow December 6, 2018

Found: A New Frog Species Born With Suction-Cup Bellies

Tadpoles with "belly suckers" are wriggling around Sumatra.

Christina Ayele Djossa March 12, 2018

Found: Two New Species of Dog-Faced Bats

No, they won't make good pets.

Vittoria Traverso January 18, 2018

Found: A Giant Extinct Burrowing Bat

It used to scurry about on all fours on New Zealand's forest floor.

Vittoria Traverso January 10, 2018

Found: The First Known Hybrid Bird Species in the Amazon Rain Forest

Resistance to crossing rivers gave it the space to evolve into something new.

Vittoria Traverso January 9, 2018

Stingrays, Anteaters, and Orchids: The Year in Newly Discovered Species

Science, please meet this bevy of unusual creatures.

Vittoria Traverso December 20, 2017

Found: 99-Million-Year-Old Ticks Trapped in Amber

One of them was entangled with a dinosaur feather.

Vittoria Traverso December 13, 2017

Found: A Millipede With 6 Colorways and a Cyanide Coating

A bright, shining example of "predator education."

Vittoria Traverso December 5, 2017

Found: An Electric Blue Tarantula and More Than 30 Other New Species

A rich month of species-finding in the Guyana rain forest.

Vittoria Traverso November 27, 2017

Found: 3 New Sea Slugs That Were Victims of Mistaken Identity

One has been named after a former president who had a thing for marine conservation.

Vittoria Traverso November 22, 2017