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Plants & Animals Mar 30, 2021

Chirping diversity: New field guide published on grasshopper species in East Africa

Traditionally, grasshoppers have always had a bad reputation: the biblical image of swarms of pests destroying crops, especially in African countries, is still widespread.

Plants & Animals May 23, 2011

Leaping roach, 'T-rex' leech among new species

A jumping cockroach, a glow-in-the-dark fungus, a rust-eating bacterium and a leech named "T-rex" were among the top 10 new species discovered in the world last year, US scientists said Monday.

Plants & Animals May 23, 2011

Scientists list top 10 new species

(PhysOrg.com) -- Glow-in-the-dark mushrooms, a batfish flat as a pancake that appears to hop in the water, Titanic-eating bacterium, and a T. rex leech with enormous teeth are among the new species from 2010 selected as the ...

Plants & Animals Jan 12, 2010

First known instance of a cricket as an orchid pollinator captured on film (w/ Video)

An orchid researcher based on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean and collaborating with researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) has used motion sensitive night cameras to capture the first known occurrence ...