Forty-one new flora and fauna species added to Australia's threatened list
A number of animals, plants and an entire ecosystem were added to Australia's extinction watch list in 2024. We look at the new species under threat.
Colorful creature found ‘basking’ in sun on uninhabited island. It’s a new species
Hoskin found Scawfell Island sun skinks in rainforest areas with “granite rocks,” such as several leaf-filled “gullies.” He ...
‘Velvet’ creature — with visible eggs in its belly — discovered as new species
As night fell across a remote region of northern Australia, a “velvet” creature emerged from a pile of rocks. Its hard-to-reach habitat and camouflaged coloring helped it go largely unnoticed — until ...
Researchers partner with Indigenous Knowledge holders to protect threatened great desert ...
In Central Australia, the Tjakuṟa (great desert skink, Liopholis kintorei) is a culturally important species for Tjukurpa—the ...
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Colorful creature found ‘basking’ in sun on uninhabited island. It’s a new species
27 in the peer-reviewed Australian Journal of Taxonomy ... When he compared the lizards to examples of known species, nothing matched. Hoskin soon realized he’d discovered a new species ...