Meet the world’s largest waterlily and other new species described in 2022!
Learn about the discovery of an extinct giant kangaroo from New Guinea.
Learn about the discovery of a tiny new frog species in northern Costa Rica.
Have people discovered every species of plant on Earth? Not even close! Scientists estimate that only 10% of all species on the planet have been described, leaving many more species of plants to be discovered. Scientists have not even identified all of the plant…
Scientists discover 3 new sun coral species in the waters around Hong Kong.
Earth is a fantastic place. There are so many species of plants, animals, and fungi that we know about. And there are so many more left to discover! Meet some newly discovered and described species: a tapir frog that looks like a real chocolate frog…
Working together, three botanists discover a new plant species in the Knuckles mountain range of central Sri Lanka.
Scientists discover many new species every year … and now it’s your turn! In this activity you’ll write a story about your quest to discover and describe a new species.
Today’s guest: Begonia giganticaulis, the world’s tallest begonia Sofia: Hello, I’m Sofia Ceiba! Today we come to you from southern Tibet where we are going to meet a plant that has just been described by science. She is a begonia species, and her new scientific…