Four new species of legless lizards discovered

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 18:30

Scientists have discovered four new species of legless lizards living in unlikely habitats in California.

New beetle species discovered in Philippines

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 18:21

Scientists have discovered a tiny new species of aquatic beetle in a bustling university campus here in the Philippine capital.

New species of spoon worm found in Japan

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 13:24

Japanese scientists have discovered a new species of the bizarrely shaped spoon worm, which is pinkish-yellow in colour with a body length of 10 cm.

Scientists discover 133 new fauna species in India

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 12:05

Scientists have discovered 133 new species of fauna in India and amoung the most significant is a bird - yet to be named - found in the Great Nicobar Island.

US aquarium showcases newly discovered species

Last Updated: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 14:04

Danny Muñoz, a marine biologist at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, is part of the team behind an exhibit of more than a dozen newly discovered species for the facility`s new Wonders of the Deep gallery.

Top 10 newly discovered species revealed

Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2013, 11:43

A global committee of taxonomists - scientists responsible for species exploration and classification - has announced a list of top 10 new species discovered in 2012.

Researches discover new species of dragonfly in Goa

Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 23:57

Researchers have discovered a new species of dragonfly from a wildlife sanctuary in Goa.

New species of marine reptile found in Iraq

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 16:58

Ichthyosaurs are marine reptiles known from hundreds of fossils from the time of the dinosaurs.

A mistake gave India a new species of butterfly

Last Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013, 12:56

The mistake of shipping weed to India along with a consignment of wheat from the USA during the 1950s inadvertently gifted India a beautiful species of butterfly.