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Discovery Channel A new study shows how North American corn leaves can be used to map how much of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is being emitted from local fossil fuel burning. The method could make it easier to monitor where the gas is coming from, and therefore lead to smarter regulation. Unlike gas-sniffing instruments [...]

news @ nature.com The number of known species of the mouse lemur, the world’s smallest primate, has increased by 25% with the description of three new species, bringing the total to 15. Mouse lemurs are wide-eyed nocturnal animals that scamper around the forests of Madagascar, an island that harbors a tremendous diversity of wildlife. : [...]

Science Daily A three-week scientific expedition to French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument returned to Honolulu on Sunday with the discovery of many new species and a better understanding of marine biodiversity in the Hawaiian Archipelago. An all-star team of world-renowned taxonomists (biologists specializing in identifying and naming organisms) and [...]

Nationalgeographic Like a black light poster come to life, a group of bioluminescent fungi collected from Ribeira Valley Tourist State Park near São Paulo, Brazil, emanates a soft green glow when the lights go out. The mushrooms are part of the genus Mycena, a group that includes about 500 species worldwide. Of these only 33 [...]

Conservation International In exacting detail, the Ant Protocol sets forth guidelines for scientists studying the critical insects – from collecting the surface layer of forest floor known as “leaf litter,” to sifting its finest contents into a device known as the “Winkler apparatus,” and finally to capturing the ants that fall to the bottom for [...]

Conservation International Bird’s Head Seascape Two recent expeditions led by Conservation International (CI) to the heart of Asia’s “Coral Triangle” discovered dozens of new species of marine life including epaulette sharks, “flasher” wrasse and reef-building coral, confirming the region as the Earth’s richest seascape. The unmatched marine biodiversity of the Bird’s Head Seascape, named for [...]

WCS The newly discovered Kipunji monkey has recently been reclassified as a new genus, making this the first new monkey genus discovered in over 83 years. Found only in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, the Kipunji monkey is extremely rare, with only 500 individuals estimated in the wild. Photos from WCS The threats to the [...]

BBC The shark resembles a common species called the scalloped hammerhead but has not yet been classified or named. US researchers say the animal appears to be rare, breeding only in waters off the South Carolina coast. They believe the shark is at risk of extinction and conservation efforts are needed to protect females when [...]

Associated Press A DNA test has confirmed what zoologists, hunters and aboriginal trackers in the far northern reaches of Canada have dreamed of for years: the first documented case of a grizzly-polar bear in the wild. Roger Kuptana, an Inuit tracker from the Northwest Territories, suspected the American hunter he was guiding had shot a [...]

Once suspected to have extinct due to Global Warming. Professor Carlos Rocha and a team of researchers from the country’s Pedagogical and Technological University (UPTC) crossed paths with a frog no one has seen in 11 years on a recent trek through the Colombian Andes, . Announced this week (17th May 2006), the rediscovery of [...]