New bird species discovered
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A bird species new to science is found by researchers on a remote island in the Philippines.
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GLAND, Switzerland, Dec. 19  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At least 52 new species of animals and plants have been identified this past year on the island of Borneo, according to scientists.
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Scientists have discovered 11 new species of plants and animals in Vietnam, including a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties, the World Wildlife Fund said Wednesday.
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A genetic study of the tiger family reveals a previously unknown sub-species of the big cats.
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The discovery of the multicolored species, named Bugun Liocichla, is the first in the country in more than 50 years.
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Researchers working off coastal Georgia have discovered what could be three new species of bottom-dwelling creatures known as sea squirts.
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The world&#39;s biggest cockroach was among a rich and exotic menagerie of new species discovered by scientists exploring caves deep inside Indonesia&#39;s teeming jungles.
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Marine scientists say they have discovered 178 new species of fish and hundreds more new species of plants and other animals in the past year, raising the number of life-forms found in the world's oceans to about 230,000.
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More birds than ever are threatened with extinction, according to the latest evaluation by the conservation group BirdLife International.
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A fossil of a gliding animal shows that mammals experimented with flight around when birds first took to the skies.
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NEW YORK - A new fossil discovery from China sh
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A wetland bird that eluded scientists for nearly 130 years has been rediscovered at a wastewater treatment plant in Thailand, Birdlife International announced Wednesday.
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A rare nest of brown-capped rosy finches was discovered recently in a crack in a cliff high in the Snowy Range. Little is known about the species and only six or seven such nests have ever been found, according to David McDonald, associate professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Zoology and Physiology.
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Paleontologists have discovered the fossil of a new species of tiny prehistoric flying reptile in northeastern China, a study released Monday said.
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An amateur bird-watcher has found the first new bird species to be discovered in India in over 50 years, experts say&#151;a vibrant babbler at home in felled forests.
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Scientists combing through undersea fauna off Indonesia's Papua province said Monday they had discovered dozens of new species, including a shark that walks on its fins and a shrimp that looks like a praying mantis.
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[World News]: Washington, Dec 14 : A new futuristic study by researchers at the University of Stanford is predicting that by the time the next century rolls around, a number of bird species that we take for granted today will become mere pictures in bird