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 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.
January 16, 2013 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Photo: Subterranean ‘Moby Dick’ mermaid lizard discovered in Madagascar
An international team of scientists have described a bizarre new species of worm-like lizard that lives underground. Strangely, they named it the 'Moby Dick' mermaid skink.
April 19, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Mad frog bonanza: up to 36 new frogs discovered in tiny Madagascar forest
A forest less than half the size of Manhattan sports an astounding number of frogs, according to a new paper in Biodiversity Conservation. Two surveys of Madagascar's Betampona Nature Reserve, which covers 2,228 hectares, has uncovered 76 unique frogs,...
February 15, 2012 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Photo: World’s smallest chameleon discovered in Madagascar
Scientists have discovered four new species of super-tiny chameleons in Madagascar, according to a new paper in PLoS ONE. The smallest of the new species, Brookesia micra, is found only on the small island of Nosy Hara and has been
January 08, 2012 by Mongabay.com | No comments
Photo: Tiny lemur discovered in Madagascar forest
A new species of mouse lemur has been discovered in eastern Madagascar, report researchers from Germany. The species is described in a recent issue of the journal Primates.
May 23, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Photos: the top ten new species discovered in 2010
If we had to characterize our understanding of life on Earth as either ignorant or knowledgeable, the former would be most correct. In 250 years of rigorous taxonomic work researchers have cataloged nearly two million species, however scientists estima...
February 24, 2011 by Jeremy Hance | No comments
Image: new bird discovered in Madagascar
The rich and unique biodiversity of Madagascar has a new member: a forest dwelling bird in the rail family, dubbed Mentocrex beankaensis. In 2009 US and Malaygasy scientists conducted a survey in Madagascar's dry Beanka Forest. They discovered several ...
