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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Three New Dinos Discovered

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Image courtesy Travis R. Tischler, Australian Age of Dinosaurs

"Banjo" is the nickname for the newly-named dinosaur Australovenator wintonensis, a meat-eating, raptor-like dino recently found in Australia. The fossilized remains are one of three new dinosaur species discovered in Winton, a town in the Australian outback.

Learn more about the dig and meet new discoveries "Matilda" and "Clancy" on National Geographic News.

Test your knowledge of dinosaurs in this National Geographic Kids Brainteaser.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

New Salamander and Frog Species Discovered

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Photo: A poison dart frog

Photograph by Jessica Deichmann, courtesy Conservation International

Tadpole-toting frogs (seen above), lungless salamanders, and spiny katydids are some of the new species found on a recent conservation expedition to the mountainous Nangaritza region of Ecuador. Scientists hope that the discoveries will result in protection of their habitat by the Ecuadorian government, according to Conservation International.

See pictures of the new discoveries on National Geographic News.

See rainforest pictures on National Geographic Kids.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Rainbow Jellyfish Discovered

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Photograph courtesy Martin George/QVMAG

Jellyfish expert Lisa Gershwin was swimming near the coast of Tasmania and noticed a colorful blob swimming nearby. She was able to safely photograph this specimen by placing it in a small aquarium called a "phototank." This new jellyfish species doesn't sting, but the 5-inch (13-centimeter) long creature is very delicate and touching it can cause it to shatter.

The rainbow glow on the jellyfish comes from light reflecting off the creature's cilia. Cilia are small hairlike projections that the jellyfish uses to swim.

Read more about this bright spot in the ocean on National Geographic News.

Watch a video of other jellyfish species on National Geographic Kids.

Friday, March 13, 2009

"Dracula" Fish Discovered

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Photographs courtesy Ralf Britz, Natural History Museum

Talk about a news bite! Those are real fangs you see on the fish picture above. Researchers at the London Natural History museum found them in an aquarium tank. They had been misidentified as an already known species, but instead they're an undiscovered species. The fish has been named Danionella dracula for its fearsome-looking fangs!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Potty-Mouth Amphibian Found

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Image courtesy Farish A. Jenkins, Jr./Harvard University

Scientists recently uncovered fossils of an extinct amphibian called Gerrothorax pulcherrimus whose mouth opens sort of like a toilet seat. The jaws of all other vertebrates (animals with a backbone) open wide by hinging down from their skull, while this creature lifted its head up to open its choppers. Gerrothorax lived about 210 million years ago. It lived in warm lakes and ate fish with its toilet seat mouth. It was about three feet (one meter) long and was flat with short limbs.

Farish Jenkins, of Harvard University, said that Gerrothorax was "the ugliest animal in the world."

Read more about this freaky find on National Geographic News.

Read about dino discoveries on National Geographic Kids.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Pink Iguanas Discovered

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Photograph by Gabriele Gentile

Scientists have discovered a new iguana species! These iguanas are unusual because they have pink skin.

The pink iguanas only live on the Wolf volcano, located on the Galápagos island of Isabela, off the coast of Ecuador. The future of this species is also in question. Their population is quite small. Scientists think that cats introduced to the island may be eating the baby iguanas.

Learn more about this discovery on National Geographic News.

See photos of other Ecuadorian animals in the Photo Gallery.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

New Marine Monuments

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Photograph by Enric Sala

In the last few days of his presidency, President George W. Bush created three new national monuments in the Pacific Ocean in the largest ocean conservation effort ever. The new monuments will protect Kingman Reef (as part of the U.S. Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument), Rose Atoll, and the Mariana Trench, which is home to Earth's deepest spot.

All three of the protected areas are home to many species, including the giant coral colony shown in the photo above.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Over 1,000 New Species Discovered!

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Some creepy-looking and yet amazing new species have been found in the Greater Mekong River area in Southeast Asia! Among the most eerie creatures among the 1,068 finds are a pink millipede that can shoot cyanide, and what is probably the world's largest spider--it boasts a legspan of up to 12 inches (30 centimeters). Check out pictures of these spectacular creatures on National Geographic News.

Want more wild Mekong river creatures? Visit the Megafishes gallery.

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