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Don’t forget about the little guys: documenting diversity in the ocean
Biodiversity

Don’t forget about the little guys: documenting diversity in the ocean

Diversity in the world's oceans is biased towards larger animals, with so many small organisms still undiscovered.
May 19, 2025June 3, 2025 Gabrielle Ellis
Larger than life- largest bacteria discovered in salt marsh
Microbiology

Larger than life- largest bacteria discovered in salt marsh

Scientists found the largest bacteria ever discovered, 50x larger than the previous record, in a tropical mangrove forest in Guadeloupe.
August 22, 2022August 2, 2022 Nicole Mucci
New species of ancient whale discovered in Egypt
Paleontology

New species of ancient whale discovered in Egypt

Forty-three million years ago, ancient semi-aquatic whales roamed coastal seas which have since transformed into the deserts of present-day Egypt.…
September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 Julia Zeh
Wormception: How one parasite lives inside its cousin
Parasitism

Wormception: How one parasite lives inside its cousin

Where do worms live? In the dirt, on sidewalks after a rain storm, and on the bottom of the sea…
November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Anastasia Yandulskaya
Beneath the Waters: A Giant Discovery
Physiology

Beneath the Waters: A Giant Discovery

What lurks beneath the murky swamps and marshes in southern U.S.? A new giant salamander!
December 18, 2018January 6, 2019 Rishya Narayanan
A Species Hiding in Plain Sight
Sharkbites Saturday

A Species Hiding in Plain Sight

People have been catching this shark for years and have been mistaking it for its identical relative. But, scientists have…
August 25, 2018August 24, 2018 Jasmin Graham

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