@rnzbot_nz “A close inspection revealed a spider she had never seen before. She took photos and, with the permission of the landowners, uploaded them to nature identification app iNaturalistNZ.” “Te Papa PhD student Shaun Thompson contacted her, identifying the spider as a potential new species.”

#iNaturalist #iNaturalistNZ #spiders #discovery #NewSpecies #CitizenScience

@rnzbot_nz “A close inspection revealed a spider she had never seen before. She took photos and, with the permission of the landowners, uploaded them to nature identification app iNaturalistNZ.” “Te Papa PhD student Shaun Thompson contacted her, identifying the spider as a potential new species.”

#iNaturalist #iNaturalistNZ #spiders #discovery #NewSpecies #CitizenScience

A #NewSpecies of tiny orange #frog discovered in #Brazil's cloud forests https://phys.org/news/2025-12-species-tiny-orange-frog-brazil.html paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0334746

"These tiny #frogs are striking, with a bright orange body and distinctive green and brown freckles. Between 8.9 and 13.4 mm, they are among the smallest four-legged #animals on Earth... Scientists identified this new species of #PumpkinToadlet by its unique advertisement call... It consists of groups of two short bursts of sound."

A #NewSpecies of tiny orange #frog discovered in #Brazil's cloud forests https://phys.org/news/2025-12-species-tiny-orange-frog-brazil.html paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0334746

"These tiny #frogs are striking, with a bright orange body and distinctive green and brown freckles. Between 8.9 and 13.4 mm, they are among the smallest four-legged #animals on Earth... Scientists identified this new species of #PumpkinToadlet by its unique advertisement call... It consists of groups of two short bursts of sound."

A mini pot of gold: Researchers discover new tiny fungi species in Alberta https://phys.org/news/2025-11-mini-pot-gold-tiny-fungi.html

"13 #NewSpecies of 'stubble #fungi'—so named because they resemble beard whiskers—have been described through a 13-year study... Found in areas ranging from a dog park in #Edmonton's river valley and a southern #Alberta farmyard to #wetlands and foothills #forests, the wee, pin-like fungi with large heads grow on #shrubs, on #DeadWood, and on native #trees"

#FungiFriday #Canada

A mini pot of gold: Researchers discover new tiny fungi species in Alberta https://phys.org/news/2025-11-mini-pot-gold-tiny-fungi.html

"13 #NewSpecies of 'stubble #fungi'—so named because they resemble beard whiskers—have been described through a 13-year study... Found in areas ranging from a dog park in #Edmonton's river valley and a southern #Alberta farmyard to #wetlands and foothills #forests, the wee, pin-like fungi with large heads grow on #shrubs, on #DeadWood, and on native #trees"

#FungiFriday #Canada

#Chewbacca coral: New #DeepSea species spotted in waters off Hawai'i, Mariana Trench https://phys.org/news/2025-09-chewbacca-coral-deep-sea-species.html paper: https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5689.3.3

"The coral, named #Iridogorgia chewbacca, is known for its long, flexible branches and shiny surface... Each coral colony is made up of thousands of tiny polyps, which work together to form the larger structure. I. chewbacca usually occurs alone, scattered across deep-sea rocky bottoms."

#NewSpecies

#Chewbacca coral: New #DeepSea species spotted in waters off Hawai'i, Mariana Trench https://phys.org/news/2025-09-chewbacca-coral-deep-sea-species.html paper: https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5689.3.3

"The coral, named #Iridogorgia chewbacca, is known for its long, flexible branches and shiny surface... Each coral colony is made up of thousands of tiny polyps, which work together to form the larger structure. I. chewbacca usually occurs alone, scattered across deep-sea rocky bottoms."

#NewSpecies

New Species Of Lovebird Discovered In The Cradle Of Humankind

"An international team of paleontologists unearthed fossilized bones of a new species of lovebird from three caves in the South African UNESCO World Heritage site known as the Cradle of Humankind"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#birds #Ornithology #parrots #evolution #fossils #NewSpecies https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/new-species-of-lovebird-discovered