New research suggests that the tiny human species – that survived until about 18,000 years ago, later than any human species other than our own – evolved its small size remarkably quickly while living on an isolated island. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/tiny-extinct-hobbit-human-species-fast-evolution…
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New species of giant salamander is the world’s largest amphibian
The South China giant salamander, one of two new species of giant salamander, may grow to be almost 2 metres long – making it the worlds largest amphibian Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2216451-new-species-of-giant-salamander-is-the-worlds-largest-amphibian/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
World’s most powerful electric eel discovered
A new species of electric eel found in the waters of the Amazon basin is capable of delivering up to 850 volts. Native to the southern Brazilian Shiel… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/330326/worlds-most-powerful-electric-eel-discovered…
Two new species of electric eel come as a shock to biologists
It was thought that there was only one species of electric eel but a new survey finds there are three, and one has set a new record for its electric discharge Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215802-two-new-species-of-electric-eel-come-as-a-shock-to-biologists/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
New Stegosaurus species found in Morocco
Not only is the fossil a new species but it is also the earliest known Stegosaurus specimen ever discovered. With its distinctive spinal plates and sp… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329863/new-stegosaurus-species-found-in-morocco…
A New Species of Leech Is Discovered Near Washington, D.C.
schwit1 shares a report from Smithsonian: In the summer of 2015, when Smithsonian research zoologist Anna Phillips and other scientists were standing in slow-moving swamp water, letting leeches latch onto their bare legs or gathering them up in nets from muddy pond bottoms, they didn’t realize that some of the bloodsuckers they’d collected belonged to an entirely new species. But in…
Sugary Western Diets Fuel Newly Evolving Superbug
A diarrhea-causing bacterium is evolving into a new species that thrives on sugar-rich Western diets and readily spreads in hospitals. Source: https://www.livescience.com/evolving-superbug-sugar-diet
A new species of duck-billed dinosaur
Duck-billed dinosaurs – hadrosaurids – were common 80 million years ago. Now scientists have discovered a complete skull of a previously unknown species of hadrosaurid, which sported unusual skull and face features. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/new-species-duck-billed-dinosaur-texas…
How fireflies glow and what signals they’re sending
Are the gentle blinks of fireflies flashing a favorite part of your summer evenings? An entomologist explains some lightning bug basics. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/how-fireflies-glow-light-up-and-signals…
Worms lure two new species of hopping rats out of obscurity
In the Philippines, scientists have identified two new species of shrew-rat, an animal whose limited habitat plays host to remarkable biodiversity. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/two-new-species-hopping-rats-discovered-worms4…