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PHOTOS: Sneezing Monkey And Other Strange New Species

Posted 05.23.2012

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By Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer: The realm of living things known to science gained some fascinating new members in the past year. These ...

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Auburn Discovers New Hunter Spider In Its Backyard (VIDEO)

Posted 05.11.2012

Researchers with Auburn University have discovered a new species of trapdoor spiders in a well-developed housing subdivision in the heart of Aubur...

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Tiny Horned Dinosaur Was Ancestor Of Triceratops, Scientists Say

Posted 03.16.2012

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By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 03/16/2012 07:32 AM EDT on LiveScience The oldest and smallest horned dinosaur in North ...

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You Won't Believe This Newly Discovered Bat Species

Posted 03.02.2012

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No, there is nothing wrong with this bat's nose. According to National Geographic, this is Hipposideros griffini, or a Griffin's leaf-nosed bat, a ...

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Weird Iridescent Lizard Discovered In Cambodia

Posted 02.27.2012

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By: OurAmazingPlanet Staff Published: 02/24/2012 02:22 PM EST on OurAmazingPlanet A new lizard species has been uncovered in Cambodia, a remarka...

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Colorful New Lizard Species Discovered

Posted 02.23.2012

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By Andrea Mustain, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer: Researchers have discovered a new species of lizard in a strange place. The brightly colored, wat...

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PHOTOS: Peruvian National Park Holds 365 Previously Undocumented Species

Posted 02.04.2012

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By OurAmazingPlanet Staff: Hundreds of species never before seen in a Peruvian national park have been found during an inventory of the Amazonian f...

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Insects Top Newly Discovered Species List

Posted 01.28.2012

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By: Remy Melina, LiveScience Staff Writer An annual inventory of newly discovered species lists more than 19,000 – half of them insects. A tota...

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PHOTOS: Armored Catfish And Cowboy Frog Among 1,300 Species Documented In Suriname

Posted 01.25.2012

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An armored catfish, a Pac-Man frog and a cowboy frog were some of the 1,300 species documented during a scientific survey conducted by Conservation In...

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What Is So Different About This Tulip-Shaped Fossil?

Posted 01.19.2012

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By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Staff Writer: A weird tulip-shaped creature discovered fossilized in 500-million-year-old rocks had a feeding syst...

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WATCH: The World's Tiniest Vertebrate Discovered

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 01.11.2012

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The discovery of a new frog species in New Guinea is pretty big, but the frogs aren't. The newly found frog species, Paedophryne amauensis, is the ...

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WATCH: Creepy Jumping Cockroach Can Leap Incredible Heights

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 12.14.2011

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Be prepared to be extremely creeped out. Earlier this year, Scientists in South Africa discovered a type of cockroach that can jump. Researchers ha...

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WATCH: 'Yeti Crab' Grows Its Own Food ... On Its Arms

Posted 12.07.2011

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A recently discovered species of crab is one of the weirdest farmers you will ever meet. Kiwa puravida, a species of "Yeti crab," lives near undersea ...

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New Antelope Discovered in Plain Sight

David Mizejewski | Posted 12.17.2011

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There are actually dozens of specimens in museums and the animal has been recorded in the wild for decades. In fact, you can often find it in local food markets.

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Newly Discovered Plant Buries Its Own Seeds

Posted 11.30.2011

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A new species of plant that spreads its own seeds has been discovered in Brazil. The plant, whose seed-dropping motion resembles genuflection, was nam...

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Eel Species Is A 'Living Fossil,' Scientists Say

Posted 11.05.2011

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Scientists working near the Pacific island nation of Palau discovered a new species of eel which they dubbed a “living fossil.” In the video be...

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WATCH: Bill Nighy And Former Bond Girl Help Unveil Recently Discovered Species

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 10.17.2011

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Add Bill Nighy to the list of all time greatest narrators. The video short "Astonish Me," filmed for the World Wildlife Fund, displays some of the ...

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PHOTOS: 9 Potentially New Species Discovered

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.16.2011

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Scientists with Conservation International (CI) have discovered nine potentially new marine species while conducting a survey of the waters surroundin...

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PHOTOS: The Coolest New Animal Discoveries -- 'Yoda Bat,' 'Walking Shark,' 'Dinospider' And More

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.13.2011

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Conservation International (CI) is celebrating two decades of its successful Rapid Assessment Program (RAP), which has led to the discovery of over 1,...

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Rare Discovery: New Shell-Less Snail Found

AP | Posted 05.31.2011

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TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. -- A new marine species has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announc...

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PHOTOS: Hundreds Of Incredible New Species Discovered

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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SYDNEY (AP) -- A thumbnail-sized frog with a long snout, a brilliant green katydid with bright pink eyes and a mouse with a white-tipped tail are amon...

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A New Species of Titi Monkey! (PHOTOS)

Dr. Thomas Defler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Studying Colombian primates has always been difficult, as they tend to live far from human beings. One of my biggest priorities was to follow up on a 1976 sighting of a seemingly new species of titi monkey.

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WATCH: Scientists Discover New Deep Sea Species

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scientists recently spent six weeks in the Atlantic and have now returned with more than 10 samples of possible new species. One group of creature...

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9 Amazing, Newly-Discovered Species (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011

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2010 was named the International Year of Biodiversity by the UN, but that's no cause for celebration. Rather, it's a wake-up call, drawing attention t...

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The Next Newly Discovered Species Could Be Named After You ... If You Can Pay The Price

Treehugger | Stephen Messenger | Posted 05.25.2011

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in hopes of raising funds to continue research, scientists in Indonesia have begun granting the rights to name newly discovered species to the highest...

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