Biologist Nilanthi Rajapakse (pictured below) of the Department of Wildlife Conservation in Sri Lanka discovered a new plant species with years of careful observation and field work. Nilanthi Rajapakse. Image courtesy of the Department of Wildlife Conservation. Mongabay writer Malaka Rodrigo explains how Nilanthi Rajapakse discovered…
Scientists in Ecuador have discovered not one, not two, but THREE new species of orchids in the montane rainforests of Ecuador. A team of researchers from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador discovered one of the new species along a roadside. This orchid has a…
A team of scientists went looking for a tiny species of chameleon that is only the size of a golf tee (5.5 cm/2.2 inches long). They were afraid that this chameleon species – Chapman’s pygmy chameleon – might have gone extinct in its home country…
Imagine that you are walking through the forest as night falls. It is getting darker now and you can hear the sounds of insects. You also hear some strange noises, which you can’t identify. “What was that?”, you whisper under your breath. You decide to…
Guess what? New scorpion species have been described in the Western Ghats region of India.
Researchers describe a new deadly snake species.
Check out these newly described tiny owl species!
