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New Species and Conservation People ~ August 2020

8/28/2020

Species

New species of invasive grass found by botanists in Wisconsin
The unusual new species of stingray found in a jar
New land snail species discovered in Hawaii offers ‘gem of hope’
New species of Truffle discovered – Tuber luomae
New species of fungus sticking out of beetles
Say hello to Madagascar’s newest mouse lemur, a pint-sized primate
Beetles dominate as scientists discover new animal species
Researchers discover 26 new species of micromulloscs, the size of a grain of sand, off Kimberley
New species of dinosaur discovered on Isle of Wight
New species of ancient giant alligator identified
New shrimp species discovered in Panama’s Coiba National Park
After 125 years, 140 species of butterflies discovered in Mumbai’s Matheran Hill station
Five new species found in Melghat
SeaWorld’s revenue has dropped 95% from 2019
Blue Whales bounce back after near extinction
Florida trappers catch new species of monster-sized snapping turtles- some weighing 100 pounds
Six species of Philippine crickets, held nameless in a Hawaii museum
New species of Forest Frog discovered Philippines
New species of cretaceous brittle star names in honour of Nightwish vocalist
Elephant shrew lost to science for 52 years is rediscovered in Africa
At least 19 new species discovered at Hainan’s tropical park
Japanese biologists discover new species of sea worm in the southern ocean

People

Wildlands Network announces appointment of new Executive Director, Katie Davis
ICUN mourns the death of John Foster CBE
Paco Valverde, an ocean hero dedicated to vaquita conservation succumbs to COVID
Nalin Indika Munasinghe joins IUCN Sri Lanka Country Office as its new programme coordinator
Former CIRES director Konrad Steffen – man who sounded alarm on Greenland ice- dies in Greenland accident

Conservation News ~28 August 2020

8/28/2020

Petition filed to list Western Ridged Mussel as an Endangered Species
39 endangered Great Lakes piping plovers hatch at Detroit Zoo in most successful year ever
Embryonic dinosaur skull could mark discovery of new species
Mauritians launch rescue to save wildlife from oil spill
These scientists are listening to the Borneo rainforest to protect biodiversity
Upstate Forever receives $75,000 from Hollingsworth Funds
Captive breeding helps New Zealand’s threatened black stilts take flight
New UK law to curb deforestation in supply chains
Younger generation fail to notice environmental decline due to generational amnesia
Elephant poaching falls by 91% in 2 years in Kenya
Two new species of Deep Sea Worms discovered
Florida trappers catch new species of monster-sized snapping turtles- some weighing 100 pounds
St. John flower proposed for endangered species list
US proposes more changes to chip away at Endangered Species Act
California’s ancient redwoods survive wildfires
Bleak milestone- 500 major fires detected in Brazilian Amazon this year
Horrific clip shows whale meat dumped in ocean after five butchered in hunt
Native Hawaiian tiger-cowries eat alien, invasive species
Painting one turbine blade black reduces bird fatalities by 72%
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows goes through process to rename area, removing ‘squaw’
With big new park, Atlanta protects a forest with a long history
Africa declared free of wild polio
The Nature Conservancy of Canada protects shoreline along Buffalo Pound Lake
Scientists use fruit peel to turn old batteries into new
COVID pushes vegan egg maker just closer to IPO
The US is in a water crisis far worse than most people imagine
Senate Democrats recommend trillions in climate investments
Wildfires, Hurricanes, Floods, and Droughts quadrupled in cost since 1980
New species found in the carapace of late cretaceous marine turtle
Belize expands marine reserve to meet Convention on Biodiversity target and moves to ban gill nets
The best rhino crime detective in South Africa, Leroy Bruwer, assassinated
There is a blooming White Sage Black Market
Historic solar deal powers Duke University toward carbon neutrality
Six species of Philippine crickets, held nameless in a Hawaii museum
Ben and Jerry’s launch new non-dairy ice cream to fight climate change
We can use CITES wildlife trade agreement to help prevent pandemics
Federal government considers lifting ban on importing parrots 25 years after it was introduced
Sir Ken Robinson dies
Study revealing New Guinea’s plant life ‘first step’ toward protection
Company investigated for timber trafficking gets stimulus from Peru government
Key Amazon grain route blocked by Indigenous protest over funding, Grainrail
Wolverines return to Mount Rainier National Park after more than 100 years
Two baby gorillas born in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Army finds Pebble Mine project cannot be permitted as proposed
Paco Valverde, an ocean hero dedicated to vaquita conservation succumbs to COVID
Nalin Indika Munasinghe joins IUCN Sri Lanka Country Office as its new programme coordinator
13 important marine mammal areas approved in the Southern Ocean, one of the world’s richest marine mammal areas
Invasive lanternflies now spotted in New Jersey
New species of Forest Frog discovered Philippines
PEC Gilbert’s Corner Work wins state environmental award
New species of cretaceous brittle star names in honour of Nightwish vocalist
Children raised in greener areas have higher IQ
Southern pig-tailed macaques listed as endangered but still persecuted
Burnley man who illegally traded in critically endangered species is jailed
Several endangered may be at risk of COVID
CA teams up with Federal Government to thin forests
White House allows oil and gas drilling in 1.5 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
For South America’s wilderness areas, COVID brings risk and respite
Indonesia bill weakening environmental safeguards to pass in October
After 250 years, Esden Tribe, regains a piece of its ancestral homeland
Ohio Wildlife Council receives aquaculture proposals
Cardinham Woods records eight new species of spider in Cornwall for the first time
California condor chick hatches at LA Zoo, a boost to endangered species
A bottle of seawater can hold the answer to whether there are sharks nearby
Amazon ‘women warriors’ show gender equality, forest conservation go hand in hand
Mauritius plan to dump part of wrecked ship sparks controversy
Forest fires set by poachers threaten a refuge of the Sumatran rhino
Florida to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes against local residents’ wishes
Flint water crisis – Michigan ‘agrees to pay $600m’
New Mexico governor says ‘Time is running out to save our planet’
Monster 200-metre long ghost net removed from sea in Plymouth

Conservation News ~ 21 August 2020

8/21/2020

1.6 million of gallons of produced water spilled so far in 2020
Gov McMaster calls for luxury ‘ecoresort’ plan for SC barrier island to be rejected
Harvard’s half-billion land stake in Brazil marred by conflict and abuse
Agrochemicals and industrial waste threaten Argentina’s Gran Chaco
Indonesia dam builder refuses new study to assess impact on orangutans
Washington Wildlife Officials gun down last survivors of Wedge Wolf Pack
More eggs harvested from last 2 Northern White Rhinos
Fears for endangered macaw as fire devastates Brazilian wetland
Thirty new deep-water species including bamboo corals, sponges discovered in the Galapagos
The Army Corps failed to enact endangered species protections for Willamette River salmon
California to hold hearing on listing Pacific Leatherbacks under state Endangered Species
Renewable energy corporations fight endangered species status for Joshua Trees
An elephant baby boom in one Kenyan National Park
In the Scottish moorlands, plots planted with trees stored less carbon than untouched lands
Municipal Protected Area expanded in Ecuador’s most threatened ecosystem
US agrees to decide Pangolin protections
Elephant shrew lost to science for 52 years is rediscovered in Africa
Mauritius arrests captain of Japanese oil spill ship
5 automakers lock in a deal on greenhouse gas pollution
Greenpeace activists occupy Danish North Sea oil platform
Indigenous best Amazon stewards, but only when property assured
White House withdraws nomination of controversial attorney for top environment post
Endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bees spotted a Illiniwek Forest Preserve
Quilt exhibit highlights endangered species
Walls of death – surge in illegal drift net threatens endangered species
American Lithium reports baseline biological survey confirms no endangered species
Endangered Species Act protections sought for a Northwest freshwater mussel
California delays endangered species status for Joshua Tree
Madagascar minister calls protected areas a ‘failure,’ seeks people-centric approach
White House green lights oil and gas development in ANWR
Indonesia pushes rice estate project despite environment red flags
Washington wildlife officials gun down last survivors of Wedge Wolf Pack to protect cows
Sea turtle lays eggs on Los Boliches beach in Spain’s Malaga in first ever recording of turtle nesting in area
San Francisco votes to slash meat, dairy, and eggs served in hospitals and jails
Former CIRES director Konrad Steffen – man who sounded alarm on Greenland ice- dies in Greenland accident
US allows killing of hundreds of sea lions to save struggling salmon
Pools of water atop sea ice in the Arctic may lead it to melt away sooner than thought
250 people protest captive animals in France
Bugs resort to several colours to protect themselves from predators
Lake Erie’s toxic green slime is getting worse with climate change
Another whale trapped in shark nets off Queensland
Sea otters in California estuaries surprise scientists with Eelgrass increase
19 black families purchased 96.7 acres of land in the midst of protests and a pandemic
California’s only known wolf pack adds 8 pups
As wild areas become farmland, species that carry diseases flourish
Marine food webs could be radically altered by heating of oceans
China has freed 99 turtles that were rescued from smugglers
This Pacific Island nation plans to raise itself above the ocean to survive sea level rise
New catalysts efficiently turns carbon dioxide into useful fuels and chemicals
Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return
Oil spill in Mauritius may thwart thirty years of conservation efforts
Black bear tranquilized, killed after locals admitted to luring animal for photos
Conservationists find new owl species in Trinidad
At least 19 new species discovered at Hainan’s tropical park
Green economy recovery: leading their emancipation
Environmental groups say water use at border wall threatening endangered species in Arizona
State Supreme Court rejects South Dakota bid to recover millions from oil giant BP
Endangered sea turtles shells disguised as blue plastic seized at MIA en route to Asia
Cameroon halts logging plans in Ebo Forest, home to tool-using chimps
Colombia will ban all cosmetic animal testing by 2024
Scorching temperatures in Death Valley will shatter records in West, Southwest
Bald Eagle attacks government drone and sends it to bottom of Lake Michigan
Sea life in Mauritius dying as massive oil spill threatens endangered species
Chief Hoskins establishes sovereignty commission in wake of McGirt decision
Forest Service authorizes one of largest timber sales in Wyoming history
Tourism collapse puts wildlife conservation in peril

Conservation News ~ 14 August 2020

8/14/2020

Tour companies kicked out of the Mara
Large blue butterfly flutters in Cotswolds for first time in 150 years
Green financiers still support Amazon beef industry
Illegal plant trade, tourism threaten new Philippine flowering herbs
Satellite record gives unprecedented view of Antarctic ice shelf melt pattern over 25 years
Ancient genomes suggest woolly rhinos went extinct due to climate change, not overhunting
Japanese biologists discover new species of sea worm in the southern ocean
Cincinnati lawyer bought a $3k tiger skin rug in violation of the Endangered Species Act
Cameroon cncels logging plan that threatens rare apes
Mutations may have saved brown howler monkeys from yellow fever virus
Chain catshark flows using a process previously unknown to science
UK tofu sales skyrocket by 82 percent during COVID lockdown
Almost all oil removed from wrecked Mauritius ship’Inmate fire crew saves largest oak in North America
Big investors to trial net zero tools to decarbonize their protfolios
Novel 3d printed reef tiles to repopulate coral communities
8 Dead after attack in a wildlife reserve in Niger
Protestors block logging road near Port Renfrew
US Reps call on Interior Secretary to cancel Utah oil and gas lease sale
New Hydrogen-powered hyper car has a 1k mile range
Paper maze and lack of transparency cloak investment in companies involved in Amazon deforestation
Florida Grasshopper Sparrows sing a hopeful song for the first time in decades
New species of dinosaur discovered on Isle of Wight
Mongabay team wins top environmental journalism prizes
Europe’s earliest bone tools found in Britain
Chinese investment driving a sharp increase in jaguar poaching
Cherokee Nation launches 68th Cherokee National Holiday website
Sharks contaminated with plastics are cause for concern
New York City was on the verge of tackling its trash problem, then COVID hit
6 former EPA Chiefs say ‘derailed’ agency needs reset after election
Border Wall is the Biggest Threat to Southwest Wildlife, government emails reveal
Beaver families win legal ‘right to remain’
Federal Judge rules administration’s bird-killing policy is illegal
Alarm as pesticides spur rapid decline of US bird species
New species of ancient giant alligator identified
New shrimp species discovered in Panama’s Coiba National Park
Endangered Species discovered by scientists in Kalamazoo creek
Scientists try to create first rhino test tube baby to save near-extinct species
Wartime code breaker helps crack bird’s behaviour
Great White Shark soars 12ft into the air in highest recorded breach
Ireland is creating largest grove of redwoods outside of California
Canada pandas running on empty as bamboo dries up
Plant-based food market to reach $74.2bn by 2027
BMW to launch luxury cars with vegan leather interior
Nearly 60 different types of fish found in Chicago waterways
Six French aid workers and local guides shot dead in Niger Giraffe park
Amazon Deforestation Falls where land is under indigenous control
Scientists have invented a way to save a little Australian bird from a blood-sucking maggot
Ca AB 3030 to protect at least 30% of California’s land and water by 2030
Ecuador races for emergency infrastructure as river’s collapse threatens dam
Oregon man arrested for intentionally running down 6 pronghorn antelope with pickup truck
China’s $420bn TCM industry driving the extinction crisis
Washington Governor urged to order new rules to reduce wolf-killing
Singapore crushes ivory from around 300 elephants to deter illegal trade
Amazonia’s people domesticated crops on forest islands 10k years ago
Hilton Head beadchgoers seen picking up sea turtles, disturbing nests
Court upholds historical interpretation of Nation’s Bird Conservation Law
As wild areas become farmland, species that carry diseases flourish
House panel asks watchdog to investigate Army Corps of Engineers’ review of Alaskan mine project
Forest growth in drier climates will be impacted by reduced snowpack
SkyTruth visualization and app of drilling near Chaco Canyon available to activists and others
Biodiversity is the next frontier in sustainable fashion
Portugal ends coal burning two years ahead of schedule
After 125 years, 140 species of butterflies discovered in Mumbai’s Matheran Hill station
Agriculture replaces fossil fuels as largest human source of sulfur in the environment
Cincinnati Zoo’s critically endangered Black Rhino is pregnant
Large population of endangered mussel species found in Portage Creek
Genomic study reveals New Zealand’s Tuatara is like no other animal on the planet
Biodiversity loss is making us all sick
Captive Beluga Whales released into Iceland sanctuary
Eelgrass loss may be causing widespread erosion in Morro Bay
EPA to lift Obama-era controls on Methane, a potent Greenhouse Gas
Though forests burn, trees retake farmland globally as agroforestry advances
Mauritius grapples with worst environmental crisis in a generation
Indonesian case highlights potential for long-term corruption
The Great Insect Dying – a global look at deepening crisis
Offshore wind power so cheap it could return money to consumers
Climate change impacts roads, may make traffic worse
After a shark attack in Maine, calls for Gray Seal culling grow
New study finds that many dams are located in protected areas, many more planned
Amazon gold mining wipes out rainforest regeneration for years
After 5yr legal battle, USFWS reverses course, will consider Sonoran Desert Tortoise for endangered species status
World Bank policy advice boosts oil and gas, undermining climate goals
Seabird poo is worth more than $1bn annually
Endangered Seahorse makes a comeback due to lockdown
Second woman injured by whale in Western Australia
Disrupted habitats have more zoonotic disease hosts
Central Europe to face extreme droughts without climate action
Herbicide harming marsupial health and development
To save Appalachia’s endangered mussels, scientists hatched a bold plan
Interactive persistent effects of past land-cover and its trajectory on tropical freshwater biodiversity
Researchers discover new electrocatalyst for turning carbon dioxide into liquid fuel
Washington dam removal means 37 more miles of salmon habitat restores
Joy at Dublin Zoo as endangered species of ape gives birth to healthy baby
BLM releases final Montana management plans that conserve key backcountry lands
South Dakota unveils 50 ft statue honoring Sioux women
Bali sea turtles set free after poacher arrests
Building a circular battery economy in Norway
Chernobyl shines again as a solar farm
Fires in Argentina’s Parana Delta are burning out of control
NOAA fisheries cancels remaining Hawaiian Islands surveys for 2020
Scientists develop a super-strong wood that completely reflects the Sun’s heat
Poisoning not ruled out in death of hundreds of Botswana elephants
Ancient mountain formation and monsoon helps create a modern biodiversity hotspot
Lynx takes epic 2k mile trek – but why is a mystery
SeaWorld’s revenue has dropped 95% from 2019
Blue Whales bounce back after near extinction
Forest crimes persist in Peru following indigenous leader’s murder
Lion cub whose legs were broken to pose for tourists off to Africa for new life
Amazon rainforest the size of Sao Paulo cleared in July in Brazil
Wild bees add about $1.5 billion to yields for just six U.S. crops
France records driest July in six decades
Vermont makes it illegal to throw compost in the trash
Indy500 has cancelled this year’s balloon release
NASA to remove offensive names from planets and other heavenly bodies
Rare bearded vulture chick born in Picos de Europa flies the nest
Research reveals exactly why Peregrin Falcons are so deadly
Probe begins into alleged deforestation by Olam, ‘world’s largest farms’
Rhino poaching in Namibia down 63% on tougher policing, penalties
Five new species found in Melghat
Endangered Kangaroo rats now wearing backpacks in wash near Redlands, Highland
Black Teatfish Sea Cucumbers move toward endangered species protection
Endangered Brazilian Monkeys get a bridge to themselves
Canada’s last fully intact Arctic ice shelf collapses
Bernie Sanders backs bill to ban factory farming by 2040
Deadly diseases from wildlife thrive when nature is destroyed
Climate change could put tropical plant germination at risk

Conservation News ~ 7 August 2020

8/7/2020

Business lobbyists stymy climate much-needed action in Japan
Federal Court rules Federal government cannot allow fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico
Heatwaves will be as deadly as diseases globally – should we name them to raise awareness
Industry releases first standard to improve safety of mine waste storage
Indonesian fishers who fought off tin miners prepare to battle all over again
New acid mine drainage treatment turns waste into valuable critical minerals
Brazil dismantles environmental laws via huge surge in executive acts
Rare wildflower could jeopardize lithium mine
Draft guidelines for planning and monitoring corporate biodiversity performance issued for public comment
IUCN Standard to boost impact of nature-based solutions to global challenges
Almost a third of lemurs and North Atlantic Right Whale now Critically Endangered
Pioneering efforts come to fruition as Global Guidelines for connectivity conservation released
India adopts CATS standards across all 50 tiger reserves
New species of invasive grass found by botanists in Wisconsin
The unusual new species of stingray found in a jar
Lawsuit launched to protect Minnesota’s Endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee
Air Force environmental programs help endangered species thrive
Lost grass Sphenopholis interrupta ssp. californica discovered by Jessie Vinje and Margie Mulligan in SD County
Nearly three billion animals killed or displaced by Australia’s fires
China’s focus on panda conservation has come at the cost of other species
Migratory river fish populaitons plunge 76% in past 50 years
Billions for national parks as historic bill becomes law
Significant jump in Emperor penguin numbers
Paraguay’s park rangers pay the ultimate price
More than 500 dams planned inside protected areas
Brazil end runs environmental laws via huge surge in executive acts
New Guinea has the most plant species of any land
Vietnam approves $9 billion development within mangrove reserve
New land snail species discovered in Hawaii offers ‘gem of hope’
Helping the poor can protect forests too, Indonesian welfare program shows
In California, forest fires spark a babel of birdsong
In the forests of New Zealand, indigenous Maori and Western scientists work through past injustices to save a threatened species together
New species of Truffle discovered – Tuber luomae
Even as air pollution drops, communities of color in the US still breathe dirtier air
BP commits to slashing oil and gas operations, a necessary step for climate action
Shifting toward a plant-based food system would create 19 million jobs in Latin America by 2030
Trophy hunting, African animal product importation ban bill to be heard in assembly committee
Panda conservation efforts failed to protect other mammals
Amid Pine Mountain’s ancient trees, a forest ‘thinning’ project triggers protests
Weak enforcement sees surging trade in Philippine pangolin
Quarter of native UK mammals at imminent risk of extinction
Wildlands Network announces appointment of new Executive Director, Katie Davis
Fish and Wildlife agrees to reconsider Sonoran Desert Tortoise for ESA Protection
New species of fungus sticking out of beetles
New species extinction target proposed for global nature rescue plan
Federal regulators agree to reconsider Tucson tortoise for endangred species list
A pair of Canadian Ice Caps has disappeared completely
Researchers collaborate on a strategy for sustainable aquaculture, the world’s fastest growing food sector
Saved from poisoning, these rare African vulture take wing again
Say hello to Madagascar’s newest mouse lemur, a pint-sized primate
Forest crimes persist in Peru following Indigenous leader’s murder
Business risk and COVID are pushing Asian financiers away from coal
Scientists discover secret behind Earth’s biodiversity hotspot
Europe aims to be first climate-neutral continent
New Captain Hook Dinosaur with clawed hands discovered
Song for Cecil calls for ban on import of hunt trophies in memory of tragic lion
‘Green’ colonialism is ruining indigenous lives in Norway
Snake River dams will not be removed to save salmon
Tigers and their habitats under threat from the boost to the mining sector
Bright lights likely led to newly-hatched sea turtle deaths in South Carolina
Pendley’s own words disqualify him from leading the BLM
Washington farmworkers ask state supreme court for overtime pay
Apple fire in Riverside County grows to 20,000 acres, winds expected to pick up this afternoon
Kaavan, a Sri Lankan elephant living in captivity in a Pakistani zoo to be set free
Doctors to order a walk in the park under $4m ‘green prescriptions’ pilot
Arizona’s beloved San Pedro River is about to meet the rising wall on the US-Mexico border
How bats have outsmarted viruses-including coronaviruses – for 65 million years
Most polar bears to disappear by 2100
Landmark ruling Ugandan poacher jailed for killing Rafiki the gorilla
Ornithologists discover more rare hornbills than thought on Philippine island
Fossils show yet another dolphin species had lived in Gunma
Beetles dominate as scientists discover new animal species
900 companies now support a Federal Ban on cosmetic animal testing
South African rhino poaching halves in six months thanks to COVID
Small crustacean can fragment microplastics in four days
European commission orders France to outlaw barbaric glue traps for birds
House clears #1.3T spending bill with $210b in emergency cash
Researchers discover 26 new species of micromulloscs, the size of a grain of sand, off Kimberley
Utica Zoo welcomes new species
Orange County activists stand against power plant expansion
Interior floats first definition of Endangered Species Habitat
Mexican mammoth trap provides first evidence of prehistoric hunting pits
A decade after UN declared water a human right, it’s time for Canada to make it law
Protection of nesting beaches to prevent extinction of green turtles on Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles
Record 876 flamingo chicks born during 2020 breeding season at Al Wathba Wetland Reserve
ICUN mourns the death of John Foster CBE
Chattanooga Zoo announces New African Species
In Colombia, scientists are finding new species in uncharted territory
Foregoing $3billion bond a huge missed opportunity for New York’s environment and economy
Indonesia repatriates 91 smuggled animals from Philippines
Oregon Zoo releases endangered pond turtles back into the wild
Federal government mandating dam owner address endangered mussels
Smaller habitats worse than expected for biodiversity
Scales of critically endangered pangolin seized in Sumatra
Morgan Freeman Headlines This Gorgeous Campaign About a Whole New Ocean Species
Wildlife agencies increase reward for information in grizzly killing
Super-pollutant emitted by 11 Chinese chemical plants could equal a climate catastrophe
Returning to farming’s roots in the battle against the “billion-dollar beetle”
Tigers have made a remarkable comeback in five countries
Plague to protein – Israel firm seeks to put locust on the menu
Suit seeks to restore protections for wildlife in Flathead National Forest
Conservationists to Federal Agencies – Restore Protections for Imperiled Wildlife in the Flathead National Forest
Physicists – 90% chance of human society collapsing within decades
DNA from an ancient, unidentified ancestor was passed down to human living today
Committee advances eleven Indian Bills during business meeting
Continuing conservation in a planet on lockdown
New York Attorney General moves to dissolve the NRA after Fraud investigation

New Species and People ~ July 2020

8/2/2020

New species

Student researchers discover new species of marine invertebrate
Researchers discover a new species of ribbon worm from Chennai’s Kovalam beach
Researchers find new species of seaweed killing large patches of coral
Sponge with a secret recipe – a cancer-fighting chemical
New species of fan-throated lizard discovered in northern Karnataka
An entire new genus of Trapdoor Spiders have been discovered in Australia
Researchers find rare snake-like venom glands in new amphibian species Caecilian
New species of dogfish discovered in Japan
New species of Fish Lizard found in museum collection
Over 40 new species described in 2020 by a research group
An intrusive killer scorpion points the way to six new species in Sri Lanka
New species of bee named after Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield
New species of ‘Sea Cockroach’ can grow 20 inches in length
New endemic plant species discovered in northern Turkey’s Bartin Province
New mat-forming species of algae smothers coral on tropical atoll
A new species of Darkling Beetle larvae that eats plastic discovered
New species of rare ants ‘Protanilla’ discovered in Goa
Smooth Handfish, One of the weirdest creatures on earth is now extinct
We discovered a new species of stingray, but war means it may now remain hidden forever
Scientists discover three new species of chameleons
Two new species of parasite discovered in crabs
Creatures from the deep: new species from Chilean Patagonia
New species of crab has been names after Nightwish
New species of Brown Snake discovered on island
Scientists identify new species of sea sponge off the coast of British Colombia, Canada
New species of plant-eating dinosaur identified in Switzerland
Australia names new species after Deadpool, Thor, and other Marvel favorites
Scientists successfully revive 100m-year-old microbes from the sea
Bishop museum officially names new living native Hawaiian snail species
New wildflower species found in El Nido
Presumed extinct, a wildflower reappears on Mount Diablo

People

For 3 decades, the Big Island’s Turtle Man has been helping save endangered honu
Brazil’s past finance ministers defend environment against Bolsonaro
Navajo Women are bringing sustainable solar power to the Navajo Nation
Leonard DiCaprio shows support for Sumatran orangutan conservation program
Senator Cory Booker on climate justice – it’s an assault on black bodies
Greta Thunberg gives $1m award money to climate groups
China’s first climate striker warned: give it up or you can’t go back to school
Prince William says ‘urgent steps’ needed to eradicate illegal wildlife trade in fight against future pandemics
Peter Kareiva is named CEO and President of the Aquarium of the Pacific
Huey Johnson, Marin County environmental leader, dies at 87
Indigenous Peoples’ rights and climate change advocate Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim joins Conservation International Board of Directors
IUCN appoints new Director General – Dr. Bruno Oberle
NAU professor named Ecological Restoration Insitute’s new executive director