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Old May 21st, 2014 #221
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Once I saw a mantis on my door jamb; when it slowly turned its head and gave me a long look, I sensed a malevolent intelligence & lack of fear very rare in insects. They're sort of the deadly Whites of the bug world.
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Old May 31st, 2014 #222
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New Species Of Cavefish Found In Southern Indiana

By CASEY KUHN
May 31, 2014

Scientists have discovered a new species of blind cavefish in Southern Indiana.


The Hoosier cavefish is an eyeless, cave-dwelling fish that was just found to be a new species.

An eyeless, pigment-less fish that lives in southern Indiana caves has been identified as a new species.

The Hoosier cavefish live north of the Ohio. It was originally thought to be the same species as a cavefish living south of the Ohio River in Mammoth Cave, but the two fish actually have different DNA.

Louisiana State University professor Prosanta Chakrabarty described the animal in a study published this week in the journal ZooKeys. He says this kind of DNA discovery has never been seen in cavefish before.

“The one from Indiana, the new one, has a functional rhodopsin gene so it still makes the proteins and everything it needs for vision, but it’s not actually doing anything because there are no eyes,” Chakrabarty says.

The fish’s scientific name is Amblyopsis hoosieri, named in part by the University of Kentucky researcher who discovered the species, Matthew Niemiller. He’s also a native Hoosier.

“Historically Indiana University was kind of a mecca for the study of fishes back in the late 1800’s, early 1900’s with Carl Eigenmann who was a professor of zoology there along with his wife Rosa as well as David Starr Jordan,” (David Starr Jordan wrote a famous racialist book about the decline in white genetic quality due to stupid wars) Niemiller says. “Another reason is I was actually born in Bedford, a Hoosier by birth, big Indiana basketball fan, so it was really fun for me to be able to name a fish species after the Hoosiers.”

The Hoosier cavefish is the first new cavefish species described from the U.S. in 40 years.

http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/s...indiana-67856/


The Blood of the Nation: A Study in the Decay of Races
The blood of the nation; a study of the decay of races through survival of the unfit
(notice how they shorten the title, as they do with Darwin's book On the Origin of Species, which is actually:




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Old May 31st, 2014 #223
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New snake species found in 4 districts
Rashmi Drolia,TNN | May 31, 2014

RAIPUR: Eight new species of snakes were discovered in a survey conducted for the first time in four districts of Chhattisgarh by forest department and Nova nature welfare society, a wildlife NGO.

Talking to TOI, snake expert from Nova nature welfare society Moiz Ahmed said that his team found the new species in a time span of one year and there were chances of many more being identified. While state is known for having rich species of snakes and reptiles, the initial survey was conducted in Gariyaband, Baloda Bazaar, Dhamtari and Raipur districts.

Other places like Jashpur may be surveyed in near future, confirmed a forest official. "Chhattisgarh is rich in wildlife due to immense forest cover and study of snakes has become the need of hour owing to their regular killing. Catching a snake is a tedious and challenging job. We found 27 species of snakes of which eight were discovered for the first time. 43 species of reptiles including toads, lizards and rats were also identified," Moiz said.

He said parts of Barnawapara, Udanti-Sitanadi tiger reserve and Dhavalpur areas have a huge variety of snake species. In absence of any database, researchers also saw a block in studying them. Known as the 'naglok' of Chhattisgarh, Jashpur has been waiting for proposed snake park for years.

Speaking about threat to snakes, Moiz said that with increasing deforestation, mining, industrialization, destruction of natural habitat and killing of snakes, many species like those of spectacle cobra, rock python, bandet krait etc face fear of extinction.

Spectacles cobra and common krait fall under the poisonous category and are often killed by villagers out of fear.

Nova nature welfare society is known for rescuing snakes in emergency. Whenever snakes are spotted, especially at residential areas or in case of snake bite, members of this NGO are called.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/h...w/35823409.cms
 
Old June 20th, 2014 #225
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Tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss piglets, are tough as nails. They’ve been found all over the world from the peaks of mountains to the driest deserts to the barren cold of Antarctica. And now that frozen continent has yielded up a brand new species of the fascinating animal.



http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-.../#.U6Q-TdHKdCw
 
Old June 20th, 2014 #226
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An exclusive photo of a member of the newly-found lizard species “Cnemaspis Girii” — zeeshan mirza

A new species of lizard has been discovered in the Kaas plateau in the northwestern ghats of Maharashtra. This new gecko species of the genus Cnemaspis, also known as dwarf geckos, has been discovered by four scientists from Bengaluru’s National Centre for Biological Sciences and Centre for Ecological Studies, while on their expedition to the Western Ghats. The four have named it Cnemaspis Girii.

http://www.asianage.com/mumbai/new-l...ered-state-990
 
Old June 20th, 2014 #227
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RESEARCHERS FROM DUBLIN’S Trinity College have discovered a new species of bird on a chain of islands off Indonesia.

The group of zoologists made the discovery of the previously unrecognised bird, which they are proposing be called the Wakatobi flowerpecker, after the group of islands it was found on.



http://www.thejournal.ie/trinity-col...99190-Jun2014/
 
Old June 20th, 2014 #228
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Most other species of wolf snake are a light shade of brown with white marks, while some have dark purple-tinted brown skin. This latest species is light brown with darker brown markers.






Most of the Cardamom mountain range is forested, and areas of it remain unexplored by scientists. Researchers claim the latest discovery shows how much remains to be discovered in this region of Cambodia

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...#ixzz35BkTdQO8
 
Old June 20th, 2014 #229
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Hundreds of new species found in Greater Mekong
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/27697752

 
Old June 20th, 2014 #230
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University of Adelaide researchers have discovered large numbers of new species of tiny Australian parasitic wasps – some of which may have potential as new biological control agents of insect pests in agriculture.

Eighteen new species of “chelonine” wasps have been discussed and described in detail in the journal Insect Systematics & Evolution. These are among 150 new species discovered by School of Earth and Environmental Sciences PhD student Rebecca Kittel during her three-year project.

The tiny wasps – up to 4mm in length – all have a fascinating biology. The adult wasps inject their eggs into the eggs of their host moths. The growing wasp larvae feed and develop inside the developing moth caterpillar, eventually emerging from the caterpillar as it dies. The wasp larvae then form a cocoon until environmental conditions are right for the adult to emerge and begin the life cycle again.

“This biology and the fact that each wasp species targets only one specific moth means that they are potentially ideal candidates for development as biological control agents of agricultural pests,” says Ms Kittel.

http://www.newsmaker.com.au/news/308...e#.U6Q-ltHKdCw
 
Old June 23rd, 2014 #231
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Is it just coincidence that "new species" are being discovered in areas inhabited by non-whites? Where have all the native researchers/scientists been all of these years?
 
Old July 15th, 2014 #232
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A team of ichthyologists headed by Dr Stuart Welsh from West Virginia University has described a new species of eel-tailed catfish from the Tully River in North Queensland, Australia.



http://www.sci-news.com/biology/scie...lia-02056.html
 
Old July 15th, 2014 #233
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A tiny discovery: Scientist finds new species of wasp just a millimetre long in tree in his son's school playground

- Leading scientist discovers a new UK native species of wasp in Kent
- Dr Andrew Polaszek made the discovery at Sevenoaks Primary School



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...#ixzz37Xqw751U
 
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Three New Species of Mushrooms Were Found in a UK Grocery Store

The mushrooms in question were new species of porcini, a kind of mycological crack for chefs that means “little pigs” in Italian. Biologists Bryn Dentinger and Laura Suz genetically analyzed the contents of a packet of porcini and found 15 species inside. Three of those species have never been named or described until now.

http://munchies.vice.com/articles/th...grocery-store/
 
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A completely new species of bug—a ground beetle named Duvalius abyssimus—was recently discovered by scientists exploring the subterranean fauna living up to 1.5 miles below the earth's surface in the Krubera-Voronja caves, Russia.

The new creature has adapted to a life without light in the world's deepest cave system, with extended antennae and a body that has no pigment. It is about a quarter of an
inch long.





http://sploid.gizmodo.com/new-creepy...ave-1598437374
 
Old July 15th, 2014 #236
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Scientists Discover New Mammal Species As Tiny As A Mouse But Genetically Related To Elephants



In the remote deserts of southern Africa, scientists have discovered a new mammal species, which resembles hantsa mouse but carries genes that are related to elephants.

The new species of round-eared sengi, or elephant shrew, is the native of the far-off northwestern region of Namibia, and is said to be the smallest known member of the 19 sengis in the order Macroscelidea. The animal, with the scientific name Macroscelides micus, has rust-colored fur, allowing it to blend in with the color of rocky surroundings.

“Genetically, Macroscelides micus is very different from other members of the genus and it’s exciting to think that there are still areas of the world where even the mammal fauna is unknown and waiting to be explored,” Jack Dumbacher, a curator of birds and mammals at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, said in a statement.

According to scientists, the creature weighs nearly 28 grams and measures only 7.5 inches in length, including its tail. The genetic testing of the species revealed that its DNA -- despite its smaller size -- is similar to that of much larger mammals, such as elephants. However, the only visible connection between an African elephant and this tiny shrew is its long nose, which resembles a trunk.

http://www.ibtimes.com/scientists-di...phants-1614464
 
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India logged 248 new species in 2013

The Zoological Survey of India has discovered 248 new animal species in different parts of the country in 2013. Of them, 162 are insects, 19 are arachnids, 36 are fish, five are amphibians and two are reptiles.

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/sci...cle6205041.ece
 
Old September 8th, 2014 #238
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Four New Species Discovered in India, in Five Years
By Ramya Naresh, www.indiasendangered.com | September 7, 2014

Hyderabad, a city known more today for its Silicon Valley connection has revealed its nature connection too with researchers discovering not one but four new species in the city in the past five years. This includes two spider species, a plant species, a lizard and even the re-discovery of a snake species that was thought to have disappeared from the region.

The Greater Municipal Hyderabad Corporation (GHMC) which spans over 650 kilometres has been adding on new members of endemic floral and faunal species in the last five years. Four new flora and faunal species were discovered and a species of snake that had not been sighted for a long time was seen again thus adding more numbers to the existing pool of 2007 endemic species listed in the biodiversity database of GHMC. A team of experts from Osmania University’s wildlife biology and taxonomy lab compiled the database in the department of zoology in the year 2012.

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One of the latest species to be discovered is a spider named Hersilia aadi, a new member of the genus. Hersilia and a species of spider living on tree bark. It was discovered for the first time in this year inside Osmania University campus by a three-member research team led by G B Pravalikha.

“We thought, aadi, meaning ‘first’, would be a good name for the new discovery,” said Pravalikha.

The discovery has been reported in the March 2014 edition of Journal of Threatened Taxa; which has its description as a tree-bark dwelling spider.

Spider diversity seems to be in abundance in the region of Hyderabad. Another species of spider was discovered in the green belt of Hyderabad Central University in 2010 and due credit was given to the city in its name as it was termed Murricia hyderabadensis.

Micro-plant

The previous species that was discovered in the Osmania University campus belongs to the plant kingdom. An herb like micro-plant was discovered in 2012 and named after the city of Hyderabad as Ledebouria hyderadensis by researcher Venkat Ramana.

In 2009, Hyderabad bore witness to the discovery of a new species of lizard. The discovery was made in the historic premises of Golconda Fort by a scientist, Stephen Mahony and was named Treutler’s gecko. It belongs to one of the 11 species of lizards of the Hemidactylus genus which are endemic to the Deccan plateau.

Apart from these four new species discovered, there was one case of rediscovery of a reptile. Coluder bholanathi- a species of snake was sighted and identified at Golconda Fort Complex on February 5, 2012. This species which was discovered in 1976 was spotted again by two researchers, M Seetharamaraju and Prof C Srinivasalu, 36 years later.

“Rediscovering Coluber bholanathi snake species in Hyderabad had been my pet dream for quite a long time, so, I was happy when a live snake was spotted in February, 2012. However, the next month, I was saddened after learning that locals in Rethi Gali area had killed one bholanathi snake,” said Prof C Srinivasulu, department of wildlife biology, Osmania University.

The bholanathi snake which was killed is now preserved as a specimen in the Natural Museum of Osmania University.

Given that Hydrabad continues to spring a new species surprise every few years, it would be impertinent that more awareness is raised among locals to value the biodiversity that surrounds them and preserve the rich natural treasure.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/9403...in-five-years/
 
Old September 8th, 2014 #239
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New Deep-Sea Animal Species Look Like Mushrooms but Defy Classification
A new species discovered off Australia may reshape the animal family tree.



A handful of strange mushroom-shaped animals discovered in the deep sea off Australia in the 1980s have finally been named by scientists. The organisms are so unique that they may rearrange the earliest branches of the animal family tree.

The animals, described for the first time Wednesday in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, cannot be classified to any existing animal group, though they resemble a few long-extinct species. "It's a very interesting surprise, and it poses lots and lots of questions," says Simon Conway Morris, a biologist at the U.K.'s University of Cambridge who studies early animal evolution.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...species-ocean/
 
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New Fish Species Discovered in the Waters of New Caledonia
Monday, 8 September 2014, 2:18 pm

Press Release: Secretariat of The Pacific Community - SPC

New Fish Species Discovered in the Waters of New Caledonia



While on a boat not far from Toombo Reef near Boulari Pass on 11 August 2014, Pierre and William Larue found a small silvery fish floating on the water. The fish was first given to the IRD (French Institute of Research for Development) and then SPC took over the task of identifying this small hatchetfish from the Sternoptychidae family.

Fish from this family are micronekton, i.e. marine organisms that measure from 2 to 20 cm in length. They feed on small fish, crustaceans and molluscs and mainly live at depths of 200 to 2000 m. That is why it is extremely rare to see such specimens at the surface of the water. According to the fishers’ remarks, it seems that a school of dolphins was at the site; it is possible that as the dolphins were coming up from the deepwater, they pushed the fish to the surface.

This fish family has photophores (light-emitting organs) on their bodies, whose characteristics are important for identifying the species. Adult fish can grow to lengths of 7 cm and are part of the diet of big-eyed tuna.

After an in-depth study of the fish’s shape and colour and the location of its photophores, Elodie Vourey, a specialist in marine species identification at the SPC laboratory, concluded that this fish was from a species of the Polyipnus genus that had never been seen in the world before. This discovery was confirmed by an American hatchetfish specialist and the researchers at the French National Museum of Natural History were also contacted about conserving the specimen in the museum’s collection.

Other specimens need to be recovered because with just one it is not possible to publish a description of this new species or give it a name. In collaboration with IRD, the SPC team hopes to be able to find other specimens of the fish during the upcoming NECTALIS-3 mission, which will explore the waters offshore the southern part of New Caledonia in order to better understand the workings of the deep-sea ecosystem where tuna live. During this three-week mission, scientists will collect physical data on temperatures, currents, etc.; chemical data on nitrates, phosphates, and other substances; and biological data on phytoplankton, zooplankton and the fish, squid and crustaceans that make up the micronekton.

This discovery once again demonstrates that there is still much to learn about our marine environment and that many biodiversity treasures are waiting to be found in our waters.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO140...-caledonia.htm
 
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