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Italian Sparrow Joins Family as a New Species
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Tarequl
- 243 days ago - dmanlt.com
"Scientists in Norway say they have conclusive genetic evidence that sparrows recently evolved a third species. The Italian sparrow, they argue, is a cross between the ubiquitous house sparrow and the Spanish sparrow.
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Meowing Night Frog, Other New Species Found
Offbeat  (tags: frog, new species, rare, animals, bizarre, environment, goodnews, interesting, news, odd, off-beat, photos, pictures, protection, unusual, wildlife, world )

Lindsey
- 249 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
A unique "catcall" inspired the name of the meowing night frog (pictured), one of 12 new species of frogs found recently in western India, a new study says.
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New Species Discovered in 2010
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, new species, discovery, protection, wildlife, photos )

Cher
- 518 days ago - guardian.co.uk
From invisible squids to bald parrots to deep-sea fish with teeth on their tongues, here is the pick of this year's newly discovered animals
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200 Species New to Science Are Found in Papua New Guinea
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, discovery, new species )

Cher
- 595 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
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 among 200 species scientists have discovered in Papua New Guinea.
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New Species of Large Blue Butterfly
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, new species, discovery, butterfly )

Cher
- 708 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
A new species of butterfly has been found in southern China. It is the first Large Blue to be found living in mountain forests.
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Nine New Species of Threatened Handfish
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, new species, fish, discovery )

Cher
- 723 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The discovery of nine new species of the bizarre but beautiful handfish has nearly trebled the number of known species. However, there are worries that the fish, which 'walk' Australia's ocean floor, are
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Wild and Wonderful Discoveries in the Tasmanian Bush
Offbeat  (tags: researcherrs, idenitification, funnel webbed spiders, new species, tasmanian bush, species, discovery )

Simone
- 795 days ago - abc.net.au
Scientists studying Tasmanian wildlife say one of their discoveries could have implications for the pharmaceutical industry. The researchers have identified 60 new spider species under a Federally-funded program to document plants and animals in
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New Spider Found in Giant Sand Dune in Israel
Offbeat  (tags: spiders, new species, endangered habitat, sand dune, Sands of Samar, Cerbalus genus, destruction )

Robyn
- 805 days ago - blogs.nationalgeographic.com
A new species of spider has been discovered in the dune of the Sands of Samar in the southern Arava region of Israel, scientists from from the department of biology at the University of Haifa-Oranim said this week.
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New Species of Dinosaur Found in Eastern Utah Rock
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, fossils, dinosaur, New Species )

Lady
- 822 days ago - chron.com
SALT LAKE CITY -- Fossils of a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur have been found in slabs of Utah sandstone that were so hard that explosives had to be used to free some of the remains, scientists said Tuesday.
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Treasure Trove of New & Unusual Frogs and Snakes Discovered in Ecuador
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, new species, discovery, Ecuador, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 858 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
A treasure trove of potentially new species, including a blunt-snouted, slug-sucking snake and 30 species of rain frog, have been discovered in Ecuador by a team of American and Ecuadorian scientists working for Reptile & Amphibian Ecology International.
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Lost Worlds: New Species Found in Ecuador (10 Pictures)
Offbeat  (tags: animals, new species, discovery, environment, protection )

Cher
- 861 days ago - guardian.co.uk
A team of American and Ecuadorian scientists working for Reptile & Amphibian Ecology International have discovered a treasure trove of previously undiscovered biodiversity in a rare
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Snake Spits Out New Species of Chameleon at Scientist's Feet
Offbeat  (tags: animals, new species, discovery, environment, wildlife )

Cher
- 914 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Latest find in natural world was result of reptile coughing up lizard as conservationist studied monkeys in the jungle
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New Species of Fungus Found on the New Forest
Offbeat  (tags: environment, new species, discovery, fungus )

Cher
- 998 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
The New Forest has confounded conservationists once again by yielding up a species hitherto unknown to science. But even as the new type of 'tooth fungus' was being discovered on the Forestry Commission estate, near Lyndhurst, its future was already
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'Bomber' Sea Worms Found Off Oregon
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, luminescent seaworms, wildlife, new species )

Beatrice
- 1008 days ago - upi.com
Luminescent sea worms that eject glowing green blobs have been found off the Oregon coast at depths up to 11,000 feet, scientists said. The worms, formally named Swima bombiviridis, have glowing "bombs" attached just below the head that eject when the
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Ten New Species of Amphibian Discovered in Colombia
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, wildlife, new species, pictures, unusual, amphibians, frog, salamander )

Beatrice
- 1207 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The creatures thought to be new to science also include three types of "glass frog", which get their names from the fact that their skin is so thin that internal organs can show through it. A new harlequin frog, another species of rain frog and a salam
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