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At last, there's an island that isn't Madagascar that's yielding a new species. Unfortunately, it's a rat. A giant, cat-sized, wooly rat. Papua New Guinea's Mount Bosavi and its crater are home to all sorts of giant rats, which makes it a charming place in all sorts of ways. Bosavi, which hasn't ever s...

When a whale dies its cadaver sinks to the bottom floor where it provides the equivalent of over 2,000 years of normal biological detritus to the local ecosystem. In other words, if you're a scavenger lurking in a small-time cave, and a whale corpse falls nearby, you've got your meals planned for a lon...

I just want to take a moment to introduce the Khorat big-mouthed frog to the Species community. This frog is among 163 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region of Thailand. How does it feel, you fang-mouthed frog, to know that you have a ready-made forum family awaiting you with open arms th...

This fish is a real charmer. He was discovered dead off the coast of Brazil. He's a deep-sea jellynose fish (Ateleopodidae). This fish has a scaleless, tapered body and is around six foot in length (I might describe my own body this way). Not much is known about them (as is the case with most deep-sea lif...

A new crab has been discovered off Taiwan's coast. This creature may be pink enough to be worthy of my daughters' adoration, it may look like a scratch-and-sniff toy, but look at that mug. Its carapace may be only an inch across, but it looks mean. I'd have a chip on my shoulder too. Tiny, pink crustacean...

The bare-faced bulbul is a new songbird species discovered in an area of sparse forest among the rugged limestone karsts of Laos. (Iain Woxvold/University of Melbourne) A new species of bird with a featherless pink face has been discovered and photographed in a remote part of Southeast Asia. The ba...

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New Animal Species Rodent New Wooly Rat (Preview)	Rodent Species	0	4030	Sep 11, 2009 by Ranade
At last, there's an island that isn't Madagascar that's yielding a new species. Unfortunately, it's a rat. A giant, cat-sized, wooly rat. Papua New Guinea's Mount Bosavi and its crater are home to all sorts of giant rats, which makes it a charming place in all sorts of ways. Bosavi, which hasn't ever s...
New Animal Species Water Species Parasitic Microscopic Microbial Species Parasite New Worm Species Discovered on Dead Whales (Preview)	New Animal Species	0	2227	Sep 26, 2009 by Dj Quiva
When a whale dies its cadaver sinks to the bottom floor where it provides the equivalent of over 2,000 years of normal biological detritus to the local ecosystem. In other words, if you're a scavenger lurking in a small-time cave, and a whale corpse falls nearby, you've got your meals planned for a lon...
Amphibians Alien Animals New Animal Species fang-mouthed frog (Preview)	Amphibian Species	0	2368	Sep 30, 2009 by Dj Quiva
I just want to take a moment to introduce the Khorat big-mouthed frog to the Species community. This frog is among 163 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region of Thailand. How does it feel, you fang-mouthed frog, to know that you have a ready-made forum family awaiting you with open arms th...
Alien Animals Rare Animals New Animal Species Water Species Bizarre Gelatinous Fish Found in Brazil \| Jellynose Fish (Preview)	Water Species	0	2336	Nov 8, 2009 by Dj Quiva
This fish is a real charmer. He was discovered dead off the coast of Brazil. He's a deep-sea jellynose fish (Ateleopodidae). This fish has a scaleless, tapered body and is around six foot in length (I might describe my own body this way). Not much is known about them (as is the case with most deep-sea lif...
Crustacean New Animal Species Strawberry Crab (Preview)	Water Species	1	2238	Jan 11, 2010 by Shem
A new crab has been discovered off Taiwan's coast. This creature may be pink enough to be worthy of my daughters' adoration, it may look like a scratch-and-sniff toy, but look at that mug. Its carapace may be only an inch across, but it looks mean. I'd have a chip on my shoulder too. Tiny, pink crustacean...
Alien Species Bird Species New Animal Species New songbird found in Laos (Preview)	New Animal Species	1	2107	Feb 4, 2010 by Shem
The bare-faced bulbul is a new songbird species discovered in an area of sparse forest among the rugged limestone karsts of Laos. (Iain Woxvold/University of Melbourne) A new species of bird with a featherless pink face has been discovered and photographed in a remote part of Southeast Asia. The ba...