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- A new supergiant Bathynomus species discovered in Vietnam https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/139335/ 11 comments
- Fossil species found living off southern California; notes on the genus Cymatioa https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/95139/ 9 comments
- A new wasp species, Chrysonotomyia susbelli, has been described from the Rice University campus in Houston, Texas, USA. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/127537/ 4 comments science
- A newly discovered ant has been aptly named after the Harry Potter villain, Lord Voldemort | Officially named Leptanilla voldemort, the insect was recently discovered in the arid Pilbara region of northwestern Australia. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/114072/ 50 comments science
- A new species of tarantula with electric blue coloration has been discovered in Thailand. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/106278/ 152 comments science
- A new genus of tarantula was discovered inside a bamboo culm from Mae Tho, Tak province, in Thailand. This is the first genus of tarantula that shows the surprising specialization of living in bamboo stalks. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/76876/ 10 comments science
- Four species of deep-sea creatures collectively known as “Elvis worm” (one of each species shown) may be small — just millimeters to centimeters long. But they make quite the impression with their iridescent, sequinlike scales, reminiscent of sequins on the iconic jumpsuits of ‘The King’. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/48532/list/9/ 4 comments science
- On a recent expedition to the remote Brazilian archipelago of St. Paul's Rocks, a new species of reef fish—neon colored or striped a vivid pink and yellow—enchanted its diving discoverers https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=27382 4 comments science
- Scientists discovered a new species of tiny seahorse off the coast of Japan. It is abundant but only the size of a grain of rice and well camouflaged, so it’s been hiding in plain sight. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=24799 5 comments science
- When threatened by other insects, minor workers ants of species Colobopsis explodens can actively rupture their body wall. Apart from leading to the ants' imminent death, the "explosion" releases a sticky, toxic liquid from their enlarged glands, in order to either kill or hold off the enemy. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=22661 3 comments science
- Science AMA Series: We’re Drs. Kelly Weinersmith, Andrew Forbes, and Scott Egan! We just released a paper documenting a new case of parasite manipulation of host behavior. AMA! http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=11117&display_type=list&element_type=11 99 comments science
- Lenomyrmex hoelldobleri: a new ant species discovered in the stomach of the dendrobatid poison frog. http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9692 3 comments science
- World's first giant swimming, venomous centipede discovered by accident http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=7950&display_type=list&element_type=2 11 comments science
- Four new species of Trigonopterus Fauvel from the island of New Britain (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=7709 13 comments science
- Cherax (Astaconephrops) pulcher, a new species of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula, Irian Jaya (West Papua), Indonesia http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5220 8 comments science
- Ninety-eight never before seen new species of beetle discovered by sifting through leaves in Indonesia. http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4347 14 comments science