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Just a fraction of the species on our planet are known to science, but more are described and published every day.

New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Sep 9

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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Sep 9

read the paper in the Journal of Mammalogy: doi.org/10.1093/jmam...

A review of the Quichua Porcupine Coendou quichua complex (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) with the description of a new species from Colombia

Based on integrative analyses, the Quichua Porcupine (Coendou quichua complex) comprises 3 different species. One available name (C. rothschildi) is resurr

A New Porcupine with Héctor Ramirez-Chaves by New Species

New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Sep 9

Did you know there's a new porcupine from Colombia? Listen in as Héctor Ramirez-Chaves shares the discovery and more of his porcupine adventures!

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Simultaneously one of the cutest and most pain-inducing creatures, porcupines capture attention all over their worldwide range. In this paper, Héctor Ramirez-Chaves and his coauthors describe a new sp...

Just a fraction of the species on our planet are known to science, but more are described and published every day.

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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Aug 12

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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Aug 12

For more great information on this discovery, as well as some beautiful pictures of this tree, read this article by @mainepublic.org

On a Maine island, historians discover one of the oldest living apple trees in North America

The Drap D'Or de Bretagna — or Golden Cloth of Brittany, in French, is one of a few historic apples that are the genetic ancestors of many of the common varieties we eat today. And the Verona Island t...

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A New (Old) Apple with Todd, Cameron, and John by New Species

New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Aug 12

Did you know that one of the world's oldest apple tree ancestors can be found living in Downeast Maine? In this special episode of the New Species Podcast, I interview John Bunker, Todd Little-Siebold and Cameron Peace about their new (old) species discovery and the unique story it tells.

The moment John Bunker saw the 200+ year old tree, he knew it might be special. He had no idea however, that it was one of America’s oldest surviving apple trees, a French ancestor to many of the appl...

A New Butterfly with Zac MacDonald and Julian Dupuis — New Species Podcast

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ZooKeys @zookeys.pensoft.net · Jul 31

A fascinating story of a butterfly we recently published as new to science, told by authors Zac MacDonald and Julian Dupuis on the @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social Podcast!

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Think butterfly genomics is a simple topic? Think again, but this time think alongside Zac MacDonald and Julian Dupuis. Not only are they answering some of the most interesting contemporary conservati...

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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Jul 29

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Genomic and ecological divergence support recognition of a new species of endangered Satyrium butterfly (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)

We describe a highly isolated population of hairstreak butterfly from Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada, as a new species, Satyrium curiosolus sp. nov., previously recognized as Satyrium s...

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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Jul 29

Think butterfly genomics is a simple topic? Think again! There's so much we don't know about conservation in insect populations. In this episode, Zac MacDonald and Julian Dupuis expand our idea of what is possible with the help of a very curious butterfly.

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A New Butterfly with Zac MacDonald and Julian Dupuis by New Species

Think butterfly genomics is a simple topic? Think again, but this time think alongside Zac MacDonald and Julian Dupuis. Not only are they answering some of the most interesting contemporary conservati...

Across trench and ridge: description of five new species of the Haploniscus belyaevi Birstein, 1963 species complex (Isopoda, Haploniscidae) from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench region

New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Jul 15

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Integrative taxonomy provides a valuable approach to discover and unravel even morphologically almost indiscernible species, such as those forming “cryptic” species complexes. The six members of the r...

Five Deep-sea Isopods with Henry Knauber by New Species

New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Jul 15

This is not your typical 'god complex!' Named after Greek gods and mythological creatures, Henry Knauber's new group of isopods reflect the incredible beauty and diversity of the deep-sea.

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Deep-sea isopods come in all shapes and sizes, and Henry Knauber is excited to see all of them. In this paper, he and his coauthors describe five new species and redescribe another as part of a large ...

Biomechanics of venom delivery in South America’s first toxungen-spraying scorpion

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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Jul 15

It was so much fun!

Léo Laborieux @6legsandup.bsky.social · May 31

Absolute honor to hop onto @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social to talk science, bugs and field anecdotes. Thank you Zoe! 🦂

New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · May 27

Armed with not much more than a phone camera and some long foreceps, Léo Laborieux described a new species of toxungenous scorpion! @6legsandup.bsky.social thanks for sharing your knowledge, experience, and deep love for scorpions on the podcast!

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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · May 27

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Abstract. Venom is a metabolically expensive secretion used sparingly in a variety of ecological contexts, most notably predation and defence. Accordingly,

A New Toxungenous Scorpion with Léo Laborieux by New Species

New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · May 27

Armed with not much more than a phone camera and some long foreceps, Léo Laborieux described a new species of toxungenous scorpion! @6legsandup.bsky.social thanks for sharing your knowledge, experience, and deep love for scorpions on the podcast!

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“Serendipity is a real grabbing force of science,” says Léo Laborieux as he shares his experience describing his new species of scorpion. While at a remote research station in the Colombian rainforest...

A new species Begonia ziroensis and a new record of Begonia siamensis from Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India

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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · May 13

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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · May 13

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A new species, Begonia ziroensis D.Borah, Taram & M.Hughes is described herein based on collections made in Ziro Valley of Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh. It is distinct from all oth...

A New Begonia with Dipankar Borah by New Species

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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · May 13

This new Begonia species was an unexpected find for Dr. Dipankar Borah, but he has taken it in stride. Through his work on Begonias and other flowering plants he learns about the fascinating world of flowers and shares what they can teach us.

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Begonias are known around the world as a plant of beauty and diversity. What can they teach us about the world around us? Through his work on Begonias and other flowering plants found in Northeast Ind...

Species discovery in Southern African bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae): A new species in the revised genus Enica Macquart, 1834

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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Apr 30

Read their paper in African Invertebrates: doi.org/10.3897/afri...

The Bombyliidae genera Enica Macquart, 1834 and Nomalonia Rondani, 1863, restricted to South Africa, are synonymized. Currently, one species of Enica is known from South Africa, Enica longirostris (Wi...

A New Bee Fly with Lisa Rollinson and Allan Cabrero

New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Apr 30

Happy #FlyWeek! What better way to start than with one of the cutest groups of flies, the bee fly.

Thanks to Allan and Lisa for bringing me into their world and telling me all about this "Sister Bug!"

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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Apr 1

Read the paper in BMC Biology and Evolution: doi.org/10.1186/s128...

The oldest continuous association between astigmatid mites and termites preserved in Cretaceous amber reveals the evolutionary significance of phoresy - BMC Ecology and Evolution

Background Among minute-sized and wingless arthropods, astigmatid mites stand out for their diverse range of symbiotic associations (parasitic, neutral and mutualistic), with both invertebrate and ver...

A New Astigmatid Mite with Hemen Sendi

New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Apr 1

What if I told you that the oldest known biotic association of arthropods is a piece of Cretaceous Lebanese amber?

At the same time that flowering plants were diversifying, astigmatid mites were hitchiking on the backs of termites.
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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Mar 18

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Ovicula biradiata, a new genus of Compositae from Big Bend National Park in Trans-Pecos Texas

Here, we describe and illustrate a new monospecific genus of Compositae, Ovicula biradiata gen. et sp. nov., from the Chihuahuan Desert in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Ovicula biradiata is a very lo...

A New Woolly Devil with Isaac Lichter Marck by New Species

New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · Mar 18

A new "woolly devil" sunflower from #BigBendNationalPark!

Listen in as plant taxonomist @ca-naturalist.bsky.social shares the tremendous effort that went into this discovery, and what the future might look like for this little plant and its neighbors.

Sunflowers come in all shapes and sizes, and the group has gained a new member. Nicknamed the “woolly devil,” Ovicula biradiata is the product of the amazing bi-national collaboration between taxonomi...