A monkey that has striking pinkish-orange lips and a black face (and lives in the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) has been confirmed as a new species to science. The black-furred primate was seen and photographed hiding in the high treetops of the dense tropical forests of Lomami National Park, in the
After earning worldwide plaudits for his World Cup performances with Cape Verde, goalkeeper Vozinha has another honour: a newly discovered species of sea slug named after him. The small red mollusk was discovered by biologist Jesús Ortea in the Caribbean, and he chose to name it after the 40-year-old star of the small nation’s campaign.
Oddities of the deep sea. An invertebrate known as a siphonophore swims 552 meters deep in the tropical South Atlantic Ocean and is one of 31 species discovered during a deep-sea expedition off the coast of Brazil. The researchers explored the mid-ocean, an area that extends from just below the sunlit surface to the sea
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Researchers of the The School of Advanced Studies of Zaragoza (FES Zaragoza) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) has identified a new fossil species of axolotl in the state of Hidalgo. Named Ambystoma quetzalcoatliIt is the first fossil salamander species formally described in Mexico and the oldest known record of the genus. Ambystoma
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