- A long-tailed slug (Ibycus rachelae) Perhaps the rarest of the extensive invertebrate species group are slugs which, according to scientists, are infrequently encountered. …
- Lemur featured in the BBC's Decade of Discovery programme.
What animals were discovered in the last 10 years?
- The Purple Crab, 201. …
- Micro Chameleon, 2012. …
- The Staten Island Frog, 2011. …
- The Garuda Wasp, 2011. …
- The Tube-nosed Bat, 2009. …
- The Matilda Viper, 2010. …
- The African Dwarf Sawshark, 2011. …
- The Psychedelic Gecko, 2011.
What was discovered in 2010?
San Francisco State University biology professor Dennis Desjardin and his colleagues who made the discovery, named the new
species Mycena luxaeterna (eternal light)
after a movement in Mozart's “Requiem.” Desjardin, who has discovered more than 200 new fungi species, noted that of the estimated 1.5 million species of …
What animals were discovered in 2011?
- Newfound Creatures. An adult female of the Borneo rainbow toad, spanning just 2 inches (51 mm) in length, hadn't been spotted for 87 years. …
- Walston's Tube-Nosed Bat. …
- Rainbow Toad. …
- Jaguar' Catfish. …
- Psychedelic Gecko. …
- Butterflies. …
- Smallest Frog Species. …
- Burrunan Dolphin.
What animals were recently discovered?
- The Deep-Sea Dumbo The Emperor Dumbo Octopus — Grimpoteuthis imperator. …
- The Nano-Chameleon Brookesia nana. …
- The Bumblebee Hiding in Plain Sight Bombus incognitus. …
- The Bright Orange Bat Myotis nimbaensis.
What scientific thing happened in 2010?
2010: The First Synthetic ‘Life'
Scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute
assembled the genome of the bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides out
of more than a million base pairs of DNA. Then, they inserted this human-engineered genome into another bacterium, Mycoplasma capricolum, which had been emptied of its DNA. The M.
What is the greatest scientific discovery of the 21st century?
- Detection of Gravitational Waves. …
- Evidence of Water on Mars. …
- Robotic Body Parts. …
- T. …
- Advancement in HIV Cure. …
- Existence of Dark Matter. …
- Sequencing Genome of Cancer Patient. …
- Creation of Human Organs.
What is the oldest animal on Earth?
This tortoise was born in 1777. Jonathan, a
Seychelles giant tortoise
living on the island of Saint Helena, is reported to be about 189 years old, and may, therefore, be the oldest currently living terrestrial animal if the claim is true. Harriet, a Galápagos tortoise, died at the age of 175 years in June 2006.
What was the first animal on Earth?
A comb jelly
. The evolutionary history of the comb jelly has revealed surprising clues about Earth's first animal.
What was the first animal to go extinct?
With their penchant for hunting, habitat destruction and the release of invasive species, humans undid millions of years of evolution, and swiftly removed this bird from the face of the Earth. Since then,
the dodo
has nestled itself in our conscience as the first prominent example of human-driven extinction.
What animals have been discovered in 2020?
This year, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences have described 213 new species in scientific journals: “
101 ants, 22 crickets, 15 fishes, 11 geckos, 11 sea slugs, 11 flowering plants
, eight beetles, eight fossil echinoderms, seven spiders, five snakes, two skinks, two aphids, two eels, one moss, one frog, …
What animal was discovered in 2005?
This year's discoveries include four species of
lemurs
from the island of Madagascar, a monkey from Tanzania, an odd-ball rodent from Vietnam, a parasitic ‘vampire fish' from the Amazon.
What animal was discovered in 2004?
In 2004 researchers in Japan took the first images ever of a
live giant squid
. And in late 2006, scientists with Japan's National Science Museum caught and brought to the surface a live 24-foot female giant squid.
Which is the tallest animal in the world?
Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)
are the tallest land animal in the world at an average height of 5 m (16 ft). Did you know that people in the past thought giraffes were a cross between a leopard and a camel? That's where the scientific name for the giraffe, “Camelopardalis” comes from.
Which is the largest animal in the world?
The Antarctic blue whale
(Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the biggest animal on the planet, weighing up to 400,000 pounds (approximately 33 elephants) and reaching up to 98 feet in length.
What was the last animal to go extinct?
The Pyrenean ibex
, a subspecies of the Spanish ibex, is one more recently extinct animals. The ibex, native to the Pyrenees Mountains on France and Spain's border, was declared extinct in 2000. During medieval times, the Pyrenean ibex was abundant, but their population decreased due to hunting.
