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Extremely Tiny Species of Fairyfly Found in Costa Rica, Named after Dog in Peter Pan

Tinkerbella nana is 2.5 times the width of a human hair. Scale line - 100 μm (Jennifer Read / Natural Resources Canada)
May 21, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Entomologists Dr John Huber from the Canadian National Collection of Insects and Dr John Noyes from the Natural History Museum, UK, have described a new genus and species of fairyfly from Costa Rica. Tinkerbella nana is 2.5 times the width of a human hair. Scale line – 100 μm (Jennifer Read / Natural Resources Canada) The minute insect, named Tinkerbella nana, is 250 micrometers long – that’s 2.5 times the width of a human hair. Entomologists...

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Micrograph shows H1N1 swine flu virus (C. S. Goldsmith / A. Balish, CDC)

H1N1 Swine Flu Virus Found in Marine Mammals for the First Time

May 20, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers reporting in the journal PLoS ONE has detected the influenza H1N1 virus in Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris) off...

Male Bothriechis guifarroi, the newly discovered palm-pitviper from Honduras (Josiah H. Townsend)

Gorgeous, but Highly Poisonous Snake Species Discovered in Honduras

May 15, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of biologists headed by Dr James Austin from the University of Florida in Gainesville has described a new species of green palm-pitviper from a...

Gonatocerus ucri, named after University of California Riverside (Entomology Research Museum, UC Riversde)

Nineteen New Wasp Species Discovered, One Named after University of California Riverside

May 13, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Dr Serguei Triapitsyn from the University of California Riverside’s Entomology Research Museum has identified 19 new species in the mymarid wasp genus...

3D surface renderings of the mouse neocortex. Color codes for all segmented regions are shown below (Jeremy F.P. Ullmann et al)

Mouse Brain Mapped in Greatest Detail Yet

May 7, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Australian scientists have created the most detailed atlas of the mouse brain, a development that is helping in the fight against brain disease. 3D surface...

The Little Pygmy Perch, Nannoperca pygmaea, is found in Western Australia (Murdoch University, via freshwaterfishgroup.com)

Australian Researchers Identify New Freshwater Fish Species

May 6, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Biologists at Murdoch University have described a new species of freshwater fish from Western Australia. The Little Pygmy Perch, Nannoperca pygmaea, is...

The Hawaiian bobtail squid seems to have its biological rhythms regulated by a symbiotic bacterium (William Ormerod / Margaret McFall-Ngai)

Symbiotic Bacterium Shown to Regulate Biological Clock of its Host

Apr 24, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A new study published online in the journal mBio is the first to show that a bioluminescent bacterium known as Vibrio fischeri regulates a daily rhythm...

The South Andean deer, Hippocamelus bisulcus, is returning to former habitat thanks to collaborative conservation efforts (Alejandro Vila)

Conservation Efforts Save South Andean Deer from Extinction

Apr 17, 2013 by Sci-News.com

A new study published in the journal Oryx shows that collaborative approaches to conservation can give hope to endangered species such as the South Andean...

Grey reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Albert Kok / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Study: Moon Affects Diving Behavior of Sharks

Apr 17, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A study of Grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) published in the journal PLoS ONE has revealed that the Moon, water temperature and even time...

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