Category: Biodiversity
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…
Two rare bird species saved from extinction
• Active conservation efforts have helped save two rare and iconic bird species, the northern bald ibis and the pink…
Bunny? Doggo? Spider? Totoro? Seriously, what is this little guy?
Meet the bunny harvestman, a fascinating arachnid found in the Amazon rainforest of eastern Ecuador. At first glance, this strange…
5,300 years ago, these folks may have made the first chocolate
In 2010, archaeologist Michael Blake spotted some remarkably ornate pottery at the Santa Ana-La Florida (SALF) site in Ecuador. Interestingly, the…
World Migratory Bird Day: 5 key facts about Philippine migratory birds
(Updated on May 9, 2020) Each year, bird-watchers and ornitholgists celebrate World Migratory Bird Day to raise awareness about migratory birds…
