Category Archives: New Species!
Scientia Pro Publica #46
Alright you lot, apologies for hibernating for the last couple of months. For those of you who don’t know (ie. who aren’t on twitter), I’ve been working at Australian science magazine, Cosmos, since June, and it’s keeping me very busy … Continue reading
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That’s Just Gross, Leviathan melvillei.
The discovery of a giant sperm whale with 40 centimetre-long teeth has shed new light on the types of predators that once terrorised Miocene waters 12 million years ago. Named Leviathan melvillei, after Herman Melvill and his formidable white whale, … Continue reading
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Hey Polychaetes, Let’s Play the Silence Game Till the Next Whale-Fall, Okay?
In her recently-published dissertation for the University of Gothenburg, Swedish doctoral researcher, Helena Wiklund, identifies nine new species from two families of polychaete worms (Ophryotrocha and Vigtorniella) found on whale remains in Scandinavian and Californian waters. Polychaetes, a common type … Continue reading
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You Guys, You’re Going To Give Hydrolagus melanophasma A Complex!
So you’ve probably already heard about it a billion times over, but yes, a team of researchers from the Pacific Shark Research Center and the California Academy of Sciences have identified a new ghost shark, publishing their findings in the … Continue reading
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A Plague’s A Crowd, Bosavi Woolly Rat.
A three-week expedition into the heart of an extinct volcano in Papua New Guinea has produced some truly remarkable results, with the discovery of a significant number of previously unknown species of frog, insects, fish, birds, and mammals. A team … Continue reading
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Chill the Fuck Out, Swima Worms & Spanish Ribbed Newt…
As early as 1879, biologists have known about the Spanish ribbed newt’s tendency to use its rib bones as weapons, but only recently has x-ray imaging been used to observe how they do it. When the newt is agitated or … Continue reading
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