Sexual Selection Alone Could Spark Formation of New Species
Animals that seek mates and fight rivals that resemble parents could eventually set stage for new species
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Egg-Sucking Sea Slug from Florida's Cedar Key Named after Muppets Creator Jim Henson
Named Olea hensoni, the slug belongs to the sacoglossans, a group of more than 300 species that are such enthusiastic eaters of plants that many of them turn green
New Species of Tiny Tyrannosaur Foreshadows Rise of T. Rex
A newly discovered, diminutive—by T. rex standards—relative of the tyrant king of dinosaurs reveals crucial new information
229 New Species Described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2018
From fish to flowering plants and seahorses to snakes—spanning five continents and three oceans—these new discoveries grow Earth's tree of life
Rare and Diverse Giant Viruses Unexpectedly Found in a Forest Soil Ecosystem
UMass Amherst and DOE Joint Genome Institute describe 16 new large-DNA virus species
ESF Lists Top 10 New Species for 2018
New to science: Plants, animals, and microbes that have "found a way to survive against the odds"
New Shark Species Confirmed
The sixgill shark residing in the Atlantic Ocean is actually a different species than its Indian and Pacific Ocean counterparts
New Species of Marine Spider Emerges at Low Tide
Unlike the spiders which people are familiar with, the intertidal species, whose representative is Bob Marley's namesake, are truly marine
85 New Species Described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2017
From fish to flowering plants and sea slugs, to scorpions, spanning five continents and three oceans, these discoveries add to Earth's tree of life
There's a Deeper Fish in the Sea
The Mariana snailfish thrives at depths of up to about 8,000 meters along the Mariana Trench near Guam