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.
Tag: new species
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.
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.…
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…
Physiology
Beneath the Waters: A Giant Discovery
What lurks beneath the murky swamps and marshes in southern U.S.? A new giant salamander!
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…