LIMA, Peru – Scientists have discovered a new species of lizard in a protected natural area in Cusco, southeastern Peru, national park officials said Monday. Life holotype of Proctoporus titans sp. nov. (MUSM 40916) in dorsolateral (A), dorsal (B), and ventral views (C). SVL 53.9 mm. (Photos...
Cassiopea mayeri (Florida Museum of Natural History) An international team of scientists that includes Filipino marine biologists and taxonomists has discovered a new endemic species of jellyfish from the Philippine waters. Filipino scientists Dr. Sheldon Rey Boco of the Philippine Jellyfish Stings...
A new species of Tristaniopsis in the Myrtaceae family (of makopa, guava, and eucalyptus among others) has been discovered by a professor from the University of the Philippines - Los Baños (UPLB), the university said on Tuesday, November 9. (Photo from Telopea, the Journal of Plant Systematics /...
Researchers have recently described three newly discovered species of hermit crab currently found only in Bohol Sea. (Credit to MB Visual Content) In a recently published study, three new species of hermit crab namely: Catapagurus exilidigitus, Catapagurus fimbriatus, and Catapagurus latus were...
A newly discovered species of lizard found in the southwestern tip of Zamboanga Peninsula has been named after National Scientist Angel C. Alcala. The description of the new species named Eutropis alcalai was published in the Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology (PJSB) in May 2021. Scientists...
Giant cloud rat species weighing about a kilogram once roamed the Philippines based on the discovery of a team of scientists from the University of the Philippines (UP), National Museum of the Philippines (NMP), and the US Field Museum of Natural History. Artist's conception of the three extinct...
