More Than 9,000 Tree Species Await Scientific Description
More Than 9,000 Tree Species Await Scientific Description
A new study of tree biodiversity estimates that Earth boasts 14 percent more tree species than previous efforts have identified.
A new study of tree biodiversity estimates that Earth boasts 14 percent more tree species than previous efforts have identified.
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Previously Unknown Beaked Whale Species Spotted off Mexico
Max Kozlov | Dec 12, 2020 | 2 min read
A team of scientists searching for a rare species of whale instead found a species of whale they say has never been recorded.
Tortoise Not Seen for 113 Years Found on Galapagos Island
Carolyn Wilke | Feb 25, 2019 | 1 min read
Chelonoidis phantasticus, or the Fernandina giant tortoise, was feared extinct until an expedition found a lone female in a remote area on the island of Fernandina.
Image of the Day: Seeing is Bee-lieving
Carolyn Wilke | Feb 22, 2019 | 1 min read
Four decades after it was thought to have disappeared in the wild, scientists have found a single female Wallace’s giant bee in Indonesia.
A Snake Species Not Seen Alive for 64 Years Appears in Brazil
Ignacio Amigo | Jun 1, 2017 | 4 min read
Locals helped researchers find the extremely rare boa.
Snake Secrets
The Scientist | May 31, 2017 | 1 min read
See a boa species that scientists hadn't witnessed alive in more than 50 years.