From a blind salamander to a tap-dancing spider, scientists have revealed a new list of the ’25 most wanted lost species’ around the world.
Drawn up by Austin, Texas-based organisation Re:wild, the list sheds light on global species that are evading detection – and could possibly be extinct.
One of the most fascinating entries is the blanco blind salamander, native to the US known from only a single specimen, collected in the 1950s.
Meanwhile, Fagilde’s trapdoor spider from Portugal, known
Fiery sea stars, a blue-spotted guitarfish and a well-camouflaged pygmy pipehorse are among the 70 species discovered by the California Academy of Sciences in 2021.
The freshly described flora and fauna hail from as far and wide as the lowland forests of Madagascar to the coral reefs around Easter Island and the treetops of Mexico.
The discoveries, the academy said, not only enrich our understanding of the vast tree of life, but also strengthen our ability to make informed conservation
Four new dinosaurs including the ‘horned crocodile-faced hell heron’ are among more than 550 new animal and plant species discovered by staff at the Natural History Museum (NHM) this year.
The museum’s annual round-up of newly discovered species range from some of the smallest invertebrates swimming in the oceans to ferocious predators that stalked the land millions of years ago.
By far the biggest and most fearsome new species to have been described this year are a pair of giant
