Key New Species Discoveries of 2014
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While there’s no denying the ongoing global extinction of animals, microbes and plants, the discovery of new species provides…
While there’s no denying the ongoing global extinction of animals, microbes and plants, the discovery of new species provides…
Plants and…
Plants and…
Figure 1. Dendrogramma gen. nov., paratypes of D. enigmatica and (with *) D. discoides.Figure 3. Dendrogramma enigmatica sp. nov.
It was a big year for robot penguins, snake penises, and space exploration. Sadly not all at the same time.
Happy New Year! To put the cap on 2014, we’ve highlighted some of our favorite biodiversity research and stories from the year.
A look back at the latest microbes, plants, and animals to have secured a spot in science’s known tree of life in 2014Keep on…
Follow-up post where I share a list and chart of 2014 Top 25 Paywalled and Top 25 Open Access Outputs in the 2014 Altmetric…
As we take a look back at research articles published so far in PLOS ONE in 2014, we realize we have no shortage of images to…
Nearly 30 years ago, a research vessel off the southeast coast of Australia drag...
Austin H. Clark, first curator of echinoderms at the Smithsonian's NMNH. Also, butterfly enthusiast.This week, a post about my…
And the deep sea surprises us yet again (photos of the type specimen of Dendrogramma enigmatica from Just et al. [2014]). I…
And the deep sea surprises us yet again (photos of the type specimen of Dendrogramma enigmatica from Just et al. [2014]). I…
In 1986, a group of scientists from Australia and New Zealand described, in the one of the highest profile scientific journals…
Some unusual marine organisms don't seem to fit anywhere in the animal classification scheme. Are they remnants of the…
D. enigmata on the right, with the three larger samples on the left representing D. discoides. PLoS…
Una descripción científica pionera de extraños seres marinos con forma de hongo los sitúa como dos especies hasta ahora…
Scientists detected dual new class of sea-dwelling, mushroom-shaped organisms, according to a investigate published Sep 3, 2014…
Estos animales marinos son un eco de hace 600 millones de años y no se le parecen a…
Scientists have discovered a new kind of mushroomy, jellyfishy type thingie that nobody had ever studied before. A paper…
I noticed two items this week regarding species previously unknown to us. They’ve both been labelled ‘new’, although they are…
Figure 1. Have you seen this creature? | Credit: Just et al.
Ça courrait dans les couloirs de mon université depuis quelques mois, mais enfin, hier, la description d’une nouvelle énigme…
Way back in 1986, researchers from the University of Copenhagen collected organisms at 400 and 1000 meters depth on the south-eas…
Marine biologists have identified two new species of sea-dwelling, mushroom-shaped creatures that don't belong to any known…
Como bien sabéis, la primera división taxonómica del reino animal es en filos, los filos se dividen en clases, las clases en órde…
Plants and…
It’s not every day a new animal is discovered that could shake up the roots of animal taxonomy and simultaneously form its own…
Mysterious new animals discovered offshore of Australia are so unusual that an entire new taxonomic family was created to…