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markscherz.bsky.social
Say hello to Quentin’s Diamond Frog, Rhombophryne quentini. 🧪🐸 #NewSpecies
July 26, 2026 at 10:41 PM
jcsvenning.bsky.social
New #oak species described from China @nordicjbotany.bsky.social: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #trees #flora #newspecies
June 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
meertext.bsky.social
#NewSpecies #Fossil #Ichthyosaur with massive ribs
September 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New millipede from #thailand just rolled in:

Sphaerobelum petramurum

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/7F56B2A4-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #SphaerobelumPetramurum

#FAIRdata
#science #biodiversity #nature #conservation #diplopoda #millipedes
February 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
grrlscientist.bsky.social
The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct Species, study led by Yale University with Griffith University, published by @currentbiology.bsky.social

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#MarineBiology #ecology #NewSpecies www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
June 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
popiz.bsky.social
I have drawn the new fish #newspecies #peru
December 20, 2024 at 5:07 PM
scottpegan.bsky.social
Our lab discovered & described a #NewSpecies of tiger beetle in 2024, then I found a pinned specimen for sale on #eBay collected in 1975 for $5. #entomology
Pinned tiger beetle specimen collected in 1975 in Houston. Texas.
November 16, 2024 at 2:15 PM
markscherz.bsky.social
A few cool #newspecies coming soon! Watch this space! 🧪🐸
October 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
markscherz.bsky.social
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Meet Boophis kirki, B. picardi, and five other #newspecies of treefrog from #Madagascar named after #StarTrek captains!

Published #OA in Vertebrate Zoology.

Read about the new species here: www.markscherz.com/archives/5786
October 15, 2024 at 9:18 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Trýzna et al. Two #NewSpecies of Diastatotropis Lacordaire from protected areas in Madagascar ( #Coleoptera: #Anthribidae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #FungusWeevils
June 18, 2025 at 4:38 AM
coleandmarmalade.bsky.social
Can you imagine rescuing what you think is a tiny kitten lost in the woods, and then finding out it's a previously undiscovered animal?! 😦💚🐾

#NewSpecies #Tigrino #TigerCat #TabbyTuesday #Cat #WildCat #Conservation

coleandmarmalade.com/2026/09/22/t...
Tiny New Tiger Cat Species Discovered!
This species of tiger cat has never been recorded by science, though locals have been aware of it for decades.
coleandmarmalade.com
September 22, 2026 at 3:57 PM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies
New #pygmygoby from #saudi_arabia just surfaced:

Trimma charon

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/BE556840-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #TrimmaCharon

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #fauna #fish #fishfriday #ichthyology #gobies
Freshly collected Trimma charon, paratype, live.
September 25, 2026 at 8:36 AM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New parasitoid wasp from #canada just flew in:

Perilampus seneca

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/8E7FAE03-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
#HymenopteraJour #PerilampusSeneca

#FAIRdata
#nature #biodiversity #conservation #entomology #hymenoptera #wasps #parasite
February 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
grrlscientist.bsky.social
Giant Hairy Pitcher Plant Discovered In Northern Borneo

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#plants #Nepenthes #PitcherPlants #CarnivorousPlants #botany #NewSpecies medium.com/grrlscientis...
July 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
mycokeys.pensoft.net
Two new mushroom species have recently been introduced and illustrated from West Bengal, India: Volvariella areolavolvata and Volvopluteus fibrillobrunneus. 🍄

See the full study: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.130.183859

#newspecies #mycology
March 25, 2026 at 10:07 AM
deepakveerappan.bsky.social
#newspecies🚨 🦎 from the #easternghats of #India
June 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
echinoblog.bsky.social
#wormwednesday! A #newspecies of an unusual polychaete genus Ctenophoricola (#Phyllodocida, Phyllodocidae, Alciopini) from the Indian Ocean how interesting! www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
March 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New planthopper from #vietnam:

Pseudochoutagus lindae

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/CB3887FB-7173-620A-FB48-F995FC1CFAC4
Publication: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.975.2769
#ejtaxonomy #PseudochoutagusLindae

#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #nature #entomology #insects #hemiptera #planthopper
January 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
markscherz.bsky.social
Say hello to Platypelis saikamavo, a #newspecies of yellow-bellied microhylid #frog 🐸from #Madagascar, described yesterday in Zootaxa—Finally named, over TWENTY years after its discovery!
mapress.com/zt/article/v...
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August 30, 2024 at 7:57 AM
grrlscientist.bsky.social
Sixty New Species of Dragonflies Discovered in Africa

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#Dragonflies #Damselflies #Evolution #Ecology #NewSpecies grrlscientist.medium.com/sixty-new-sp...
Sixty New Species of Dragonflies Discovered in Africa
This is the greatest number of new dragonfly and damselfly species to be formally described at the same time in 130 years
grrlscientist.medium.com
February 27, 2026 at 7:26 AM
scottpegan.bsky.social
Dear World - Meet Eunota houstoniana! A #NewSpecies of tiger beetle discovered & described from the region around Houston, Texas. #biodiversity
March 29, 2024 at 2:21 PM
scottpegan.bsky.social
Just in time for #Halloween 👻, a #NewSpecies of trapdoor spider discovered!!! 🕷️

www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...
New Species of Spider Discovered, Just in Time for Halloween
UC Davis scientists have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider in California's coastal sand dunes.
www.ucdavis.edu
October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
zookeys.pensoft.net
Look at this semiterrestrial #freshwater #crab! 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪 is a newly described species from Tapah Hills in Peninsular Malaysia. See what makes it different from 𝘎. 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘦 and 𝘎. 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘢: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #biodiversity
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 AM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!!!
New cat from the #bolivia just meowed:

Leopardus tilcayo

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/581887DC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
#CurrentBiology #LeopardusTilcayo

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #mammals #cats #leopard #tilcayo
Live specimen of Leopardus tilcayo, a newly described tiger cat species from the Bolivian Yungas.
September 25, 2026 at 7:23 AM
jcsvenning.bsky.social
After all, there are also non-crazy news from the US these days 🍃 #botany #newspecies #speciesdiscovery #plants
February 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM