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New skink from just came up:

Scincella ouboteri

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/073987D5-FFB8-3752-FF3C-FCD3FD0CFC56
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5428.1.4


livus, a science en
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Really cool article about lost species - ones we lose track of.

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/29/1198909601/lost-animals-moles-rats-being-rediscovered

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New jewel beetle from just showed up:

Buprestis wenii

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2F1F87B4-0818-FFA9-0AE0-FF0C064243CA
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5410.3.1


readbeanicecream, a science en
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New Research Reveals That Butterflies and Moths Share Ancient “Blocks” of DNA | SciTech Daily

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Pirate spiders ambush prey by tricking them with lines of silk: A species of pirate spider in Costa Rica has a hunting strategy that has never been documented before in any spider
https://archive.ph/ji7kj

readbeanicecream, a science en
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Fungi could be the answer to breaking down plastic junk
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/fungi-could-be-the-answer-to-breaking-down-plastic-junk/

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Researchers have identified a new pack of endangered gray wolves in California: A new pack of gray wolves has shown up in California's Sierra Nevada, several hundred miles away from any other known population of the endangered species
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-endangered-gray-wolves-california.html

readbeanicecream, a science en
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Tropical trees use social distancing to maintain biodiversity: Tropical forests often harbor hundreds of species of trees in a square mile, but scientists often struggle to understand how such a diversity of species can coexist.
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-tropical-trees-social-distancing-biodiversity.html

readbeanicecream, a science en
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Bizarre-Looking Colossus Whale May Have Been Heaviest Animal Ever (Sorry, Blue Whales): “I’ve never seen anything like it,” says a paleontologist not involved in the discovery of a 40-million-year-old fossilized whale
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bizarre-looking-colossus-whale-may-have-been-heaviest-animal-ever-sorry-blue-whales/

readbeanicecream, a science en
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Around 2,000 penguins wash up dead on Uruguay coast: Around 2,000 penguins have appeared dead on the coast of eastern Uruguay in the last 10 days, and the cause, which does not appear to be avian influenza, remains a mystery, authorities said.
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-penguins-dead-uruguay-coast.html

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!
New millipede from Chile just tiptoed by:

Notorhinus floresi
Holotype: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B5E4AFC7-4DF3-407A-B4B2-A0574A98B372
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/asp.81.e100520


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