Sep 7, 2015 by News Staff

A new species of ancient sea turtle has been identified from fossils found in Colombia. The fossils are at least 120 million years old, about 10 million...

Mar 19, 2015 by News Staff

Long thought to be extinct, the blue-bearded helmetcrest (Oxypogon cyanolaemus) – one of the world’s rarest hummingbirds – has been caught...

Mar 12, 2015 by News Staff

An international group of ornithologists led by Dr Jorge Enrique Avendaño of the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá has described a new species of tapaculo...

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 4, 2014 by News Staff

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of crocodile-like reptile that swam in the rivers of what is now Colombia during Paleocene, about 60 million...

Jan 29, 2014 by News Staff

The acrobatic courtship displays of male Golden-collared manakins (Manacus vitellinus) are less energetically costly than they appear, says a group of...

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...

Aug 16, 2013 by News Staff

Biologists from the United States, Ecuador and Panama have described a new species of carnivore from the cloud forests of Ecuador and Colombia, and named...

Jul 29, 2013 by News Staff

Arachnoscelis arachnoids, a rare species of katydid from Central Northeast of Colombia, uses elastic energy and wing movement to reach volumes greater...

May 17, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have discovered fossilized remains of a 60-million-year-old South American giant turtle that lived in what is now Colombia. Reconstruction...