Scientists Find Dozens of New Species in Borneo Rainforests
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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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Several crabs, shrimp, sea stars, and other marine species had likely never been seen until scientists went exploring in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands this fall.
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An international expedition has found more than 1,200 varieties of crustaceans and at least 4,000 types of mollusks near a small Philippine island.
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A new type of shrew-like creature with a  snout similar to an elephant's trunk has been found in the  mountains of Tanzania, the first new species of the mammal  found since the 19th century, scientists said.
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At least 20 new species of sharks and rays have been discovered in Indonesia&#8212;mostly at local fish markets&#8212;scientists have announced.
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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 Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) said Wednesday.
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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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Scientists announced Monday the discovery of a rare, new orchid species that flourishes only in the wet meadows of a beloved portion of Yosemite National Park.
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Researchers have found evidence of a population of chimps that shares plant foods.
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Wednesday announced the discovery of 11 new animal and plant species in a remote area of central Vietnam.
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A new database of tree genes has been released by Oregon and Swedish researchers in an effort to speed up basic and commercial research.
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The sudden boost trillions of cicadas dying en masse give to North American forests is apparent from a new study published in Science magazine.
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A massive palm tree discovered on the island of Madagascar represents a new genus and species, researchers say.
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Scientists in Australia have found a new species of hobbit-sized humans who lived about 18,000 years ago on an Indonesian island in a discovery that adds another piece to the complex puzzle of human evolution.
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Smithsonian scientists have discovered a biodiversity bounty in the Eastern Pacific -- approximately 50 percent of the organisms found in some groups are new to science. The research team spent 11 days in the Eastern Pacific, a unique, understudied region off the coast of Panama.
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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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A list of 15,000 species threatened with extinction - many of them by human activity - is published.