Beautiful New Catfish Species Discovered Hiding in China’s Pearl River Headwaters
Scientists have described Glyptothorax pulcher, a vividly patterned new catfish species from the upper Pearl River in southwest China, and ...
Tag: molecular phylogeny
Ghost of the Jialing: New Freshwater Mussel Species Emerges From China’s Channelized Rivers
Scientists have described Cristaria wangyucheni, a genetically distinct new freshwater mussel from Sichuan's Jialing River basin whose discovery highlights both ...
Sri Lanka’s Tiny Goblin Spiders Reveal Hidden Island Evolution
A new molecular phylogeny reveals that Sri Lanka's 45 goblin spider species, 38 of them endemic, evolved largely through within-island ...
New mossy treefrog species emerges from Oaxaca cloud forests with a starry-eyed gaze
Herpetologists describe Charadrahyla viruela, a mossy, starry-eyed treefrog from the cloud forests of the Sierra Juárez in Oaxaca, Mexico, and ...
Crust Fungi Clock: Ancient White-Rot Genus Phanerochaete Traced Back 100 Million Years
A five-gene phylogenetic study reveals that the white-rot crust fungus genus Phanerochaete originated in Asia around 100 million years ago ...
Hidden Earwig Lineage Rewrites the Family Tree of a Puzzling Insect Group
New DNA and morphological evidence shows the earwig genus Epilandex belongs in its own subfamily, prompting the new name Epilandicinae ...
Striking New Land Snail from Yunnan’s Karst Forests Turns Out to Be an Entirely New Genus
A tree-dwelling land snail discovered on a karst mountain in Yunnan Province, China, has been described as a new genus ...
Hidden Amphipods in Crimean Riverbeds Reveal Two New Ancient Species
The first survey of hyporheic crustaceans in Crimean mountain rivers has uncovered a hidden endemic amphipod fauna and two new ...
Water Bug Genomes Reveal Surprising Evolution of Telomere Diversity
A computational survey of archived whole-genome sequencing data reveals that true water bugs retain the ancestral arthropod telomere motif in ...
New Zealand’s Endemic Pronkia Wasps Get Their Own Subfamily After DNA Study Upends Classification
A new molecular phylogeny shows that New Zealand's endemic wasp genus Pronkia does not belong in the subfamily Meteorideinae but ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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