Biology News

Jun 23, 2014 by Enrico de Lazaro

Entomologists from the United States and Germany have described seven new species of giant pill-millipedes belonging to the Malagasy genus Sphaeromimus. Sphaeromimus lavasoa (top right), Sphaeromimus andrahomana (bottom right) and color morphs of the previously known species Sphaeromimus musicus (left). Image credit: Wesener T et al. The giant pill-millipede genus Sphaeromimus, which is Latin for small ball animal, was first described by scientists...

Jun 22, 2014 by News Staff

A new study led by Dr Peter Fretwell of British Antarctic Survey is the first to use satellite imagery to suggest that emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri)...

Jun 21, 2014 by News Staff

A new study of Thraupidae – the largest songbird family, representing nearly 10 per cent of all songbirds – has dispelled the long-held ‘transfer...

Jun 19, 2014 by News Staff

A new research conducted by Prof Martin Nyffeler from the University of Basel and Prof Bradley Pusey from the University of Western Australia provides...

Jun 17, 2014 by Natali Anderson

Protulophila, a microscopic marine animal thought to have been extinct for 4 million years, has been found living in seas around New Zealand. This scanning...

Jun 16, 2014 by News Staff

A group of entomologists headed by Dr Fernando Montealegre-Z from the University of Lincoln, UK, reported the discovery of a new genus and three species...

Jun 16, 2014 by Sergio Prostak

A group of ornithologists led by Dr Trevor Price of the University of Chicago has described a new family of birds that is represented by just one species,...

Jun 12, 2014 by Enrico de Lazaro

Herpetologists from Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Germany have described a new species of wolf...

Jun 9, 2014 by News Staff

A group of ornithologists from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, has described a new species of flowerpecker from the Wakatobi Islands of Indonesia, off...

Jun 6, 2014 by News Staff

Biologists have described a new species of moonseed plant from the dry forests and transient sand dunes of Bolivia and Paraguay. Cissampelos arenicola,...

Jun 5, 2014 by News Staff

 Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) cope with extreme heat by resting against cooler tree trunks, according to a new study led by Dr Michael Kearney from...

Jun 2, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists have described a spectacular new species of shade lizard from the cloudforests of northwestern Ecuador. Alopoglossus viridiceps, male, about...

May 30, 2014 by News Staff

Ichthyologists from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and the University of Kentucky have announced the discovery of a new eyeless cavefish in...

May 29, 2014 by News Staff

An immensely long (7–8 mm) and slender (15 μm) ovipositor of the parasitic fig wasp Apocrypta westwoodi is equipped with a sharp, zinc-coated tip, ready...

May 28, 2014 by News Staff

Cats eat more during the winter and owners should give their pet more food during this time, a four-year observational study of 38 adult colony cats has...

May 28, 2014 by News Staff

According to new research reported in the journal Nature Communications, light-colored insects are out-competing darker-colored ones in the face of climate...

May 27, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of researchers has documented a previously unknown multi-country migration of Burchell’s zebra (Equus quagga) that is the longest...

May 27, 2014 by Natali Anderson

Scientists led by Dr Kristofer Helgen from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History have erected a new genus called Neomonachus...

May 26, 2014 by Enrico de Lazaro

Marine biologists have described two new species of coral reef fish from the waters off Curaçao, southern Caribbean. The Spot-tail golden bass (Liopropoma...

May 23, 2014 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal Science has shown that fruit flies (Drosophila sp.) think before they act. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster....