234 New Species Discovered in Southeast Asia Highlight Biodiversity and Conservation Challenges

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'Blob-headed' fish and semi-aquatic mouse among 27 newly discovered species in Peru

Trond Larsen, head of the scientific team that led the expedition, says another 48 species that were found could also be new but need further study.

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A research team discovered a total of 27 new animal species during an expedition in Peru. The research trip took place in the summer of 2022, but only now could all the results be evaluated and published.

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An aquatic mouse and an ugly blob-headed fish among new species discovered in the Amazon

An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and an unsightly blob-headed fish are among the more than two dozen new species discovered by scientists in a remote region of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.

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'Amphibious mouse' among 27 new species discovered in Peru's Amazon

LIMA : An "amphibious mouse" with partially webbed feet that eats aquatic insects was among 27 new species discovered during a 2022 expedition to Peru's Amazon, according to Conservation International. Scientists also discovered a spiny mouse, a squirrel, eight types of fish, three amphibians and 10 types

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For 38 days, Yulissa Tiwi, a young Awajún, went into the fog of Alto Mayo, a forest in northern Peru. Her hands, acclimatized to the brush with moisture, carefully separated the leaves and fallen trunks over and over again. She looked for something so small that anyone could overlook. Next to her, biologists did the same thing. “Paki,” she murmured when finding the frog, giving it the name she has always had in her indigenous language. For her, …

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The region known as the Great Mekong covers six countries that cross the river of the same name: Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam and China. In this area, a hot spot of biodiversity, environmental organizations revealed that 163 species were discovered only in 2015, with which they total 2409 since 1997. The large Mekong region is a magnet for conservation scientists due to the incredible diversity of species that are still discovered he…