Biology News

Jan 15, 2014 by News Staff

Marine biologists from Spain and the United Kingdom have described a tiny new species of crustacean from waters off South Africa and have named it after the South African anti-apartheid revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela. Munidopsis mandelai. Image credit: Macpherson E et al / Natural History Museum, London. “The finding provides us with another example of how deep sea research continues to reveal the mysteries of underwater ecosystems,” said...

Jan 13, 2014 by News Staff

According to a group of biologists at the University of Manitoba, black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) test the alertness of their neighbors...

Jan 10, 2014 by News Staff

A new study published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE has found that great white sharks live significantly longer than previously though. The great...

Jan 8, 2014 by News Staff

According to a study led by Don Larson of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) freeze up to 60 percent of their bodies...

Dec 31, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Meet the gorgeous and colorful new birds discovered this year: Cambodian Tailorbird, Guerrero Brush Finch, Sierra Madre Ground-Warbler, Junin Tapaculo...

Dec 30, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Sci-News.com presents some of the best species officially described in 2013. A walking shark, a snail with semi-transparent shell, a venomous crustacean,...

Dec 30, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Sci-News.com presents some of the best species officially described in 2013. A walking shark, a snail with semi-transparent shell, a venomous crustacean,...

Dec 29, 2013 by News Staff

Dr Michael Engel, an entomologist with the University of Kansas’ Natural History Museum, has reported the discovery of a new species of bee in the...

Dec 28, 2013 by News Staff

Biologists at Arizona State University have discovered that veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) change colors in unusual ways when they interact...

Dec 26, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Scientists from the United States have described a new sawshark species from off the Philippine Islands. Pristiophorus lanae. Image credit: David Ebert. Sawsharks...

Dec 25, 2013 by News Staff

The African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus), long thought to be a single species, is actually two distinct species, according to an...

Dec 23, 2013 by News Staff

An international group of entomologists has described a new genus and species of fungus-farming ant from Brazil. Cyatta abscondita. Image credit: Jeffrey...

Dec 19, 2013 by News Staff

Peruvian and American biologists have described three beautiful new species in the lizard genus Liolaemus. Liolaemus pachacutec. Image credit: Aguilar...

Dec 19, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Native to the forests and open savannas of Brazil and Colombia, Tapirus kabomani is the newest member of the tapir family (Tapiridae). This is an artist’s...

Dec 17, 2013 by News Staff

A team of entomologists from Italy and China has described nine new species of wasps in the genus Cleptes. Cleptes helanshanus. Image credit: Zai-fu Xu. This...

Dec 10, 2013 by News Staff

US researchers led by Dr Vladimir Dinets from the University of Tennessee have found that two croc species – mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris)...

Dec 5, 2013 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal Madagascar Conservation and Development has shown the ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) are the world’s only...

Dec 5, 2013 by News Staff

Dr Terry Erwin of the Smithsonian Institution has described a new genus and species of beetle from French Guiana. The Spectacular Guyane False-form beetle,...

Dec 3, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of biologists led by Dr Benjamin D. Charlton from the University of Sussex has discovered that koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) possess...

Dec 2, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Brazilian biologists from the Federal University of Paraíba have discovered a new species of porcupine in the genus Coendou. The Baturite porcupine, Coendou...