Searching through materials at the Natural History Museum in Paris, Simon van Noort recently came across a long-neglected field box of wasp specimens. Collected 80 years earlier by André Seyrig in Madagascar, the box contained several specimens of was...
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April 03, 2013 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Scientists discover new wasp species in a field box from the 1930s (photos)
April 03, 2013 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Scientists discover new wasp species in a field box from the 1930s (photos)
Searching through materials at the Natural History Museum in Paris, Simon van Noort recently came across a long-neglected field box of wasp specimens. Collected 80 years earlier by André Seyrig in Madagascar, the box contained several specimens of was...
March 29, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Madagascar’s chameleons came from African mainland
Madagascar's color-changing chameleons originated in Africa and crossed over to the island some 65 million years ago, concludes a study published this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
March 27, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
2 ‘giant’ yet tiny mouse lemurs identified in Madagascar
Scientists have discovered two new species of mouse lemurs in Madagascar, bringing the total number of diminutive primates known to science to 20.
March 27, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
2 ‘giant’ yet tiny mouse lemurs identified in Madagascar
Scientists have discovered two new species of mouse lemurs in Madagascar, bringing the total number of diminutive primates known to science to 20.
March 26, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Researchers sequence Aye-aye genome – lemur is more genetically diverse than humans
Scientists sequenced the genome of the aye-aye, a bizarre lemur species, for the first time. The research is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
March 25, 2013 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Over ten percent of a species’ total population found in smuggler’s bag
On Friday, March 15th Thai authorities arrested a 38-year-old man attempting to collect a bag containing 54 ploughshare tortoises (Astrochelys yniphora) and 21 radiated tortoises (Astrochelys radiata) in Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Found only i...
March 18, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Deforestation in key Madagascar park accelerated after 2009 coup d’etat, finds satellite analysis
Deforestation and forest disturbance in Madagascar's largest national park increased significantly less than a year after a coup displaced the country's democratically-elected president in 2009, finds a new study that analyzed forest cover in Masoala N...
March 18, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Deforestation in key Madagascar park accelerated after 2009 coup d’etat, finds satellite analysis
Deforestation and forest disturbance in Madagascar's largest national park increased significantly less than a year after a coup displaced the country's democratically-elected president in 2009, finds a new study that analyzed forest cover in Masoala N...
March 18, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Deforestation in key Madagascar park accelerated after 2009 coup d’etat, finds satellite analysis
Deforestation and forest disturbance in Madagascar's largest national park increased significantly less than a year after a coup displaced the country's democratically-elected president in 2009, finds a new study that analyzed forest cover in Masoala N...
