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Beautiful New Onion Species Found

Allium spathulatum, a close relative to the newly found Allium formosum (Georgy Lazkov / CC-BY 3.0)
Apr 4, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Biologists from the University of Helsinki and the Institute of Biology and Soil Science in Bishkek have found a new species of onion in the Babash-Ata Mountains, Kyrgyzstan. Allium spathulatum, a close relative to the newly found Allium formosum (Georgy Lazkov / CC-BY 3.0) Situated at the foothills of the Western Tian-Shan, Kyrgyzstan is home to a diverse range of vascular plants, many of which are endemic and can only be found in very narrowly circumscribed...

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Tadpole Shrimp Study Challenges Term ‘Living Fossil’

Apr 4, 2013 by News Staff

A new study published in the new peer-reviewed open access journal PeerJ sheds light on the origin of tadpole shrimps, a group commonly regarded as ‘living...

Cyanogaster noctivaga (George M. T. Mattox et al)

New Species, Genus of Transparent Fish Found in Amazon

Apr 2, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of ichthyologists has described a remarkable new genus and species of miniature fish from the Rio Negro, one of the best explored...

The discovery of a new molecular mechanism that helps trigger long-term memory formation adds a piece to the puzzle in the ongoing effort to uncover the mysteries of memory (University of Minnesota)

Neuroscientists Discover New Molecular Mechanism for Long-Term Memory Formation

Apr 1, 2013 by News Staff

A team of researchers led by Dr Marcelo Wood from the University of California at Irvine has discovered a new molecular mechanism that helps trigger long-term...

Aye-ayes in the northern part of the island of Madagascar show a significant amount of genetic distance from the populations in the east and west, suggesting an extensive period of time during which northern aye-ayes have not interbred with other populations (Edward Louis / Omaha Zoo)

Scientists Sequence Genome of Aye-Aye

Mar 27, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of genetic researchers has sequenced and analyzed the complete genomes of three separate populations of aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis),...

Two-headed bull shark (Patrick Rice, Shark Defense/Florida Keys Community College)

Marine Scientists Confirm Two-Headed Bull Shark

Mar 26, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A new research led by marine scientists at the Michigan State University has confirmed the shark specimen caught in the Gulf of Mexico in 2011 was a bull...

Caught on camera for the first time, this image shows the newly identified Marohita mouse lemur, Microcebus marohita (Photo courtesy of Peter Kappeler)

Two New Species of Lemurs Revealed

Mar 26, 2013 by News Staff

Biologists led by Dr Peter Kappeler from the University of Göttingen in Germany have announced the identification of two new lemur species in the genus...

Architeuthis dux, and Homo sapiens for comparison of size (© Tsunemi Kubodera / National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan)

DNA Study Reveals Enigmatic Giant Squid All One Species

Mar 22, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A new research on the elusive giant squid Architeuthis, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, has revealed there is just one species. Architeuthis...

Enyalioides azulae, adult male about 96 mm long (Venegas PJ et al)

Two Magnificent New Lizard Species Found in Peru

Mar 21, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Biologists led by Dr Kevin de Queiroz from the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, have described two new species of woodlizards in the...

Cystomastacoides kiddo (Quicke DLJ et al)

New Wasp Species Named After Character in Quentin Tarantino’s Film

Mar 20, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Entomologists have described three new species in the parasitoid wasp genus Cystomastacoides. One of them, Cystomastacoides kiddo, was named after the...

Photo of the sediment surface at Challenger Deep - 6.77 miles water depth (Ronnie N. Glud et al)

Researchers Discover Microbial Life in Mariana Trench

Mar 19, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of scientists has discovered a surprisingly huge and active bacterial community living on the sea floor at the deepest site on Earth,...

A macrophage engaging in phagocytosis of multiple bacteria (Midlands Technical College)

Scientists Reveal Previously Unknown Role of Macrophages

Mar 18, 2013 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the United States, France, Japan and the Netherlands, has found in mice that macrophages, white blood cells that play a key...

The newly discovered carp species Alburnoides manyasensis (Davut Turan)

New Fish Species Found in Turkey

Mar 11, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Biologists have found a new species of carp in the waters of Lake Manyas in Anatolia, Turkey. The newly discovered carp species Alburnoides manyasensis...

Microbial cave slimes in the Weebubbie cave (Peter Rogers)

‘Alien’ Slime Community Thrives in Water-Filled Australian Caves

Mar 7, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A new study published in the Journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology sheds more light on unusual ‘curtains’ of biological material...

Male and female Sugar gliders eating worms (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Right-Handed Males, Left-Handed Females?

Mar 7, 2013 by Natali Anderson

This is true for sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps) and grey short-tailed opossums (Monodelphis domestica), say biologists from Saint Petersburg State...

The Falkland Island wolf (John Gerrard Keulemans, via biodiversitylibrary.org)

320-Year-Old Mystery of Falkland Islands Wolf Solved

Mar 6, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of researchers from Australia, Argentina and Chile has found the answer to one of natural history’s most intriguing puzzles...

Scientists Say Bone Marrow Cells Regulate Appetite

Mar 1, 2013 by Natali Anderson

According to a new research published online in the journal Nature Communications, bone marrow cells that produce brain-derived neurotrophic factor, known...

Female Vaejovis brysoni in natural habitat (Rob Bryson Jr. / Richard Ayrey / Michael Webber)

New Scorpion Species Found near Tucson, Arizona

Mar 1, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Biologists have announced the discovery of a new species of scorpion, named Vaejovis brysoni, in the Santa Catalina Mountains in southern Arizona. Female...

Three New Species of Giant Cockroaches Found in China

Mar 1, 2013 by Natali Anderson

The cockroach genus Pseudophoraspism has been reported from China for the first time. Top left: male Pseudophoraspis clavellata. Top right: male Pseudophoraspis...

Mandarin dogfish, Cirrhigaleus barbifer (OpenCage.info / CC BY-SA 2.5)

Mysterious Sharks Seen For First Time in Australia

Mar 1, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Shark biologists have announced the discovery of two sharks never seen before in Australian waters. Mandarin dogfish, Cirrhigaleus barbifer (OpenCage.info...

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