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New Discoveries is a collaboration between Stanford and Academy scientists and staff, appearing on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month on Science Today. Here we celebrate new species publications and demonstrate how much more there is to learn about life on Earth.
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New species finds include a succulent plant, worms and crustaceans near a hydrothermal vent and desert bees.
A new spider named after Harry Potter's Sorting Hat and more!
This week's new species include three new salamanders and two new lizards—all small and from the Americas.
This week's new species include a frog that flashes orange, a parasitizing orchid and a Smoky Mountain fly.
A leggy millipede found in Sequoia National Park, a crab discovered inside of a mussel, and a Denali bumblebee.
New species including a fishy story and a fly with a double forked penis.
This week we reveal a new ant species found in a toxic frog’s vomit, an Indian gecko, and a Himalayan pika.
A new freshwater crab found at a fish market, a parasitic worm and fish named after President Obama, and more!
This week's new species include a sea slug, a snake and a moray eel.
New finds this week include deep-sea scorpionfish and odd-looking bioluminescent fish, plus a tidewater goby.
New species named after Game of Thrones’ dragons, a new whale (seriously), and a venomous pit viper.
A tarantula named for Gabriel García Márquez, a beetle named for President Xi Jinping, and a centipede to avoid.
A new anole lizard from the Dominican Republic, seven new dracula ant species from Madagascar, and U.S. truffles
New species include a mantis named for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a bleeding tomato, silver boa and peacock spiders.
A new frog that sounds like a cricket, small, but important, algae, and an ant from the Arabian Peninsula.
Learn more about a new scorpion from California, a parasitic fly, a parasitic wasp, and a Wookiee, er, beetle.
Students find a snake, scientists discover more mouse lemurs in Madagascar, and an island rat found.
This week's finds include a teeny frog, a blind fish that climbs waterfalls, and tadpoles that swim in sand!
New species described recently include colorful fan-throated lizards, a piranha relative, and Aussie arachnids.
This week's new species include a stinky flower, six rattlesnakes, a burrowing snake, and a deepsea octopus.
Academy researchers have discovered a small-but-stealthy new shark species off the coast of Central America.
This week's new species include eight new whip spiders, remarkable tarantulas and a parasitic plant.
A hiding daddy longlegs comes into view and another bacterium that causes Lyme disease.
Many new species discoveries: a jumping spider, a pit viper, an orchid, and a sponge made of glass!
Academy scientists discovered dozens of new species last year, trying to understand more about the tree of life.
Our first post of 2016 offers new frogs from Madagascar, beetles from South Africa, and fish from Australia.
This week: Africa is in the spotlight with multiple new dragonfly and clawed frogs species.
New species this week include a butterfly named for Sir David Attenborough, poisonous Amazonian toads, and more.
This week's new species include a Tolkien harvestman and a coffee cousin.
Recent species discoveries include a Bornean bat, Omura's whale, parasitic wasps, and the smallest snail.