Last Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 15:19
A French research ship has found one million new species, mainly plankton, and the world`s longest animal - a siphonophore which can extend for up to 150 feet, lurking in the world`s oceans.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 19:03
A new species can emerge much faster than previously thought – in as little as 6,000 years– according to a study of Australian sea stars.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 21, 2012, 10:09
Nine genera of ants that had never been recorded before in the Philippines have been discovered by researchers, along with two new genera in a remote mountain region.
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 17:10
Researchers have discovered and described a new species of turtle from the end of the age of dinosaurs.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 13:11
More than 40 species of creatures that scientists believe to be new to science have been discovered in tropical forests of a tiny South American country.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 11:34
The forests of Costa Rica provided the setting this year for science to discover 53 new species of insects, fungi and plants.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 17:54
Scientists claim to have spotted a new species of lizard in Vietnam -- but on a restaurant menu.
Last Updated: Monday, October 31, 2011, 12:46
Scientists claim to have found a new species of trap-door spider -- the albino spider – near Northam in Australia.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 15, 2011, 19:09
Researchers in Australia have discovered that dolphin colonies living around Melbourne are a species unlike any other in the world, they revealed on Thursday.
Last Updated: Monday, September 12, 2011, 15:56
Scientists at the GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development (GBPIHED) have discovered two new species of catfish in the state`s rivers.
Last Updated: Friday, July 1, 2011, 10:22
The species found include insects, spiders, reptiles, amphibians, fish, coral, sea urchins and plants.
Last Updated: Monday, June 27, 2011, 16:21
A frog with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 new species recently found on the incredible Melanesian island of New Guinea.
more videos >>