Category: Biodiversity
Finding Nessie: Does the Loch Ness monster truly exist?
•The plesiosaur-like Loch Ness monster has fascinated the world ever since an alleged photo of it surfaced in 1934. •A…
Rare species–and fewer birds–seen in Cagayan wetlands
•Each year, concerned organizations conduct the Asian Waterbird Census in Cagayan province, in line with a global monitoring program. •The…
Is this animal’s DNA the key to Deadpool-level regeneration?
•The axolotl (or Mexican salamander) can perfectly regrow virtually any lost body part. •A pair of scientists from the University…
He found love in a croakless place: The world’s ‘loneliest frog’ has a date
• After 10 years of searching, scientists may have finally found a suitable mate for Romeo, a rare Sehuencas water…
Here’s 2019’s first new shark species. Too bad it might be extinct already
• Carcharhinus obsolerus is 2019’s first new shark species. • However, there have been no reported sightings of the creature for…
Climate change is doing something odd (and bad) to green sea turtles
• A new study predicts that by 2100, around 93% of green sea turtle hatchlings will be female due to…
6 plant and animal species named after Filipinos in 2018
•Countless species of flora and fauna were discovered and/or named in 2018. •Some of the species got their names from…
Meet 2018’s newest animal species from the Philippines
•The California Academy of Sciences officially described 229 new plant and animal species for 2018. •Collected across five continents and…
Amazing spiders, man: The science of super-strong spider silk
•Pound for pound, spider silk has as much tensile strength as steel, but is also especially tough and stretchy. •There…
Human activity is bringing these birds closer to extinction
• Despite recent successes in bird conservation, quite a few species remain critically at risk. • A number of these…
