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New Species and People ~ July 2020

8/2/2020

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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
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