News tagged with unknown species

Mystery human fossils put spotlight on China

Fossils from two caves in south-west China have revealed a previously unknown Stone Age people and give a rare glimpse of a recent stage of human evolution with startling implications for the early peopling ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

New horned dinosaur announced nearly 100 years after discovery

A new species of horned dinosaur was announced today by an international team of scientists, nearly 100 years after the initial discovery of the fossil.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UQ students name and describe insect species

(PhysOrg.com) -- Third-year Biological Sciences students at The University of Queensland have applied their knowledge from the classroom to name and describe a species of gall insect; Apiomorpha nookara.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anthropologist discovers new fossil primate species in West Texas

Physical anthropologist Chris Kirk has announced the discovery of a previously unknown species of fossil primate, Mescalerolemur horneri, in the Devil's Graveyard badlands of West Texas.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers register new species using DNA-based description

The previously unknown species of ribbon worm discovered in Kosterhavet National Park in 2007 has now been scientifically named using a new method. Pseudomicrura afzelii, a form of nemertean or ribbon worm, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New spider species discovered

A new and previously unknown species of spider has been discovered in the dune of the Sands of Samar in the southern Arava region by a team of scientists from the Department of Biology in the University of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover bioluminescent 'green bombers' from the deep sea

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the latest proof that the oceans continue to offer remarkable findings and much of their vastness remains to be explored, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 3