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  • Porophryne erythrodatylus

    New to nature No 141: Porophryne erythrodactylus

    This newly classified frogfish, which inhabits the subtidal waters of New South Wales, has two quite distinct colour phases and an atypical defence strategy
  • Anthroherpon sinjajevina and Anthroherpon cecai

    New to nature No 140: Anthroherpon cecai and A sinjajevina

    The caves of southern Europe are crawling with beetles – including two new discoveries
  • new to nature 139 arktos

    New to nature No 139: Antechinus arktos

    Long mistaken for another species, this Australian marsupial may now be under threat from rising temperatures. That doesn’t stop it from enjoying a vigorous, if deadly, sex life
  • orchid

    New to Nature No 138: Gastrodia flexistyloides

    This new orchid fertilises itself… but don’t go eating it as an aphrodisiac, writes Quentin Wheeler
  • Vaejovis brysoni with its young aligned like roof tiles on its back.

    New to nature No 137: Vaejovis brysoni

    A new scorpion found in Arizona has an intriguing way of carrying its young, writes Quentin Wheeler
  • Axima sidi, named after the bug-eyed sloth in Ice Age.

    New to Nature No 136: Axima sidi

    A stalk-eyed wasp, found in Colombia – and named after a cartoon character – is the very definition of rare, says Quentin Wheeler
  • The new mushroom coral

    New to Nature No 135: Cycloseris boschmai

    This new type of mushroom coral has been discovered among the specimens collected on a 1922 Dutch expedition, writes Quentin Wheeler
  • C Popeye

    New to nature No 134: Campsicnemus popeye

    Quentin Wheeler on a long-legged fly from Tahiti discovered by an entomologist with a passion for humorous names
  • Aulacoseira coroniformis

    New to nature No 133: Aulacoseira coroniformis

    This single-celled alga known as a diatom helps tell the tale of a Florida ecosystem's evolution, writes Quentin Wheeler

  • Empis vockerothi

    New to nature: No 132 Empis vockerothi

    This North American species of dance fly engages in courtship deception by presenting would-be mates with empty gifts, writes Quentin Wheeler
  • New to nature: No 131 Arapaima leptosoma

    River giants of the Amazon are threatened with extinction through overfishing, writes Quentin Wheeler

  • Anniella grinnelli

    New to nature: No 130 Anniella grinnelli

    A legless lizard in California is the latest example of a 'cryptic species', writes Quentin Wheeler
  • bordea denotata

    New to Nature No 129: Bordea denotata

    A fungus discovered on a beetle has helped to solve a long-standing mycological mystery, writes Quentin Wheeler
  • new nature narutobiei

    New to Nature No 128: Aetobatus narutobiei

    A ray once considered a pest on the shores of Japan turns out to be two species – with serious implications for future conservation, writes Quentin Wheeler
  • Frankenia fruticosa

    New to Nature No 127: Frankenia fruticosa

    The emergence of a previously undocumented dwarf shrub in an area of South Africa points to an adaptation success story, writes Quentin Wheeler
  • asbestopluma monticola

    New to Nature No 126: Asbestopluma monticola

    A killer sponge in the deep Pacific uses microscopic hooks to capture its prey, writes Quentin Wheeler
  • miniopteris

    New to Nature No 125: Miniopterus maghrebensis

    What was once thought to be a single species of bat turns out to be a complex of similar species, including this one from north Africa, writes Quentin Wheeler
  • Ancyronyx buhid

    New to nature No 124: Ancyronyx buhid

    Spider water beetle found in the pristine streams of Mindoro island in the Philippines is a natural pollution indicator, writes Quentin Wheeler

  • Cyathea moranii

    New to nature No 123: Cyathea moranii

    A species of tree fern discovered in Ecuador in 2003 has finally been proved to be distinct from its Costa Rican cousin, writes Quentin Wheeler
  • New to nature No 122: Jaera tyleri

    This blind isopod was discovered feeding on a whale carcass deep in the Southern Ocean, writes Quentin Wheeler

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