New endemic snake species discovered on Vietnamese island
A new endemic insular snake species, Colubroelaps adleri, has been discovered on Hon Tre Island in Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam, ...
Tag: Conservation
Camera Traps Reveal Native Chilean Forests Outshine Eucalyptus Plantations for Mammals
Two years of camera-trap monitoring in southern Chile's Coastal Range show that native temperate forests support roughly twice the mammal ...
New algae, mosses, fungi and lichen records expand Italy’s botanical map
The seventeenth Notulae instalment documents new records and rediscoveries of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens across Italy, from endangered epiphytic ...
Empathy training for security guards reveals cougars and sloths in Ecuador’s campus forests
A six-hour empathy-based sensitisation course for security guards at ESPOL University in Ecuador boosted wildlife knowledge by 163 percent and ...
New Knobby Newt Species Hidden in China’s Mountains Revealed by DNA and Anatomy
A newly described knobby newt from Hubei Province, China, combines distinctive anatomy with genetic divergence to earn recognition as the ...
Southern Italy’s Bird List Soars: 43 New Species Recorded in Calabria
An updated checklist of Calabria's birds records 363 species, a net gain of 43 since 1993, revealing the region as ...
Mid-Tide Moments Reveal the Secret Behaviour of Urban Sanderlings in Peru
A study in a Peruvian urban wetland shows that sanderlings display their richest and most varied behaviour during mid-tide, when ...
Mummified viper reveals lost Hungarian population after six decades
A mummified viper collected in 1962 and mislabeled for decades turns out to be a Hungarian meadow viper, revealing a ...
Hidden Treefrog Species Unmasked in Ecuador’s Chocó Rainforest After Decades of Mistaken Identity
A new treefrog species, Dendropsophus cannatellai, has been described from Ecuador's Chocó region after genetic, morphological, and acoustic evidence revealed ...
Vascular flora of the isthmus of Feniglia (southern Tuscany, Italy)
Along a six-kilometre strip of sand in southern Tuscany, botanists have completed the first comprehensive inventory of the vascular flora ...
Rare Vietnamese skinks found near Hanoi as models reveal vast hidden ranges
New records from Ba Vi National Park and species distribution models reveal that two rare Vietnamese skinks may occupy far ...
Rare Peters’s Pipistrelle Bat Discovered in China for the First Time
A single bat captured in Yunnan Province represents the first record of Peters's Pipistrelle in China and on the Asian ...
One Famous Snake Becomes Ten: Eyelash Viper Split Reveals Hidden Species Across Latin America
A comprehensive genetic and morphological revision has split the iconic eyelash palm-pitviper into ten distinct species, including five new to ...
Four new blind cave planthopper species discovered in the Canary Islands
Researchers have described four new species of cave-adapted planthoppers from the Canary Islands, bringing the archipelago's total to seventeen — ...
Elusive Weasel and Kinkajou Push Known Ranges in Oaxaca’s Cloud Forests
Direct sightings over three years in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca have extended the known ranges of the long-tailed weasel ...
Swiss leaf beetle review reveals one species extinct and another thriving
A new review of the leaf beetle subgenus Stichoptera in Switzerland confirms four species and one subspecies, documents newly discovered ...
New Funnel-Web Spider Species Hidden in Idaho Woods Extends Ancient Lineage 500 km Inland
A new species of relictual funnel-web spider discovered in northern Idaho extends the genus Hexura roughly 500 km beyond its ...
New Rain Frog Species Uncovered in Ecuador’s Cloud Forests Reveals Hidden Evolutionary Radiation
Scientists have described a new rain frog species from Ecuador's Cerro Candelaria and revealed that the upper Rio Pastaza watershed ...
Honduran Cloud Forest Reveals 105 Reptile and Amphibian Species
A seventeen-year conservation and research initiative in Cusuco National Park, located in the Sierra de Omoa of northwestern Honduras, has ...
New Italian Flora Records Reveal Hidden Alpine Biodiversity
A new study documents numerous new records for algae, bryophytes, fungi, and lichens across Italy, expanding the known distribution of ...
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