New species of ant found pottering under the Pilbara named after Voldemort
A study by The University of Western Australia has unearthed a new species of subterranean ant that shares some traits with a well-known Harry Potter villain.
ZooKeys is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal for the field of zoology. It was established in 2008, and the editor-in-chief is Terry Erwin from the Smithsonian Institution. It is published by Bulgarian Pensoft Publishers. ZooKeys is an Encyclopedia of Life partner, with all new taxa being provided to Encyclopedia of Life as XML markup on the day of publication. In 2009, University of Arizona biologist Bruce Walsh reported his discovery of the Lithophane leeae in the journal.
A study by The University of Western Australia has unearthed a new species of subterranean ant that shares some traits with a well-known Harry Potter villain.
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Dr. Katherine Bemis of NOAA Fisheries' National Systematics Laboratory and her collaborators recently described a new fish species: Emmelichthys papillatus, or the papillated redbait. Its discovery was published in the journal ...
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You've probably seen nature depicted in art, but how often do you see an artwork hiding in nature?
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When the skeletal remains of a giant ground sloth were first unearthed in 1796, the discovery marked one of the earliest paleontological finds in American history.
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There are about 25,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The most remote of them are in North and East Polynesia, the Hawaiian Islands, and French Polynesia. Biologists have been attracted to these regions since the 18th century, ...
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A new iguana joins Asia's rich reptile fauna, officially described as new to science in the open-access journal ZooKeys.
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Finding and describing new species can be a tricky endeavor. Scientists typically look for distinctive characters that can differentiate one species from another.
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Researchers at Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China, have announced the discovery of a new species within the hedgehog genus Mesechinus. The eastern China hedgehog species was found to be distinct from other regional hedgehogs ...
In the depths of Ecuador's wilderness, scientists have unveiled the presence of two new tarantula species. Researchers of Universidad San Francisco de Quito found them on trees on the slopes of the Andes in the western part ...
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As light filtered into a cave in southeastern China, an eight-eyed creature moved around underneath a rock. Despite its small size, the animal caught the attention of nearby scientists. It turned out to be a new species.
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