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- New Ayeyarwady Pit Viper Species Identified in Myanmar Following Decades of Morphological Confusion
Published: Apr 22, 2026
Section: Environment
Researchers have officially classified the Ayeyarwady pit viper as a distinct species after genetic analysis resolved a long-standing debate over its varied appearance. Found in ce...
- Genetically Distinct Tokara Leaf Warbler Identified as New Species After Three Million Years of Isolation
Published: Mar 17, 2026
Section: Science & Tech
A study published in PNAS Nexus has identified the Tokara Leaf Warbler as a new songbird species distinct from its look-alike, Ijima’s Leaf Warbler. Despite appearing identical, ge...
- Genomic Analysis Redefines Borneo’s Fanged Frogs and Navigates the Messy Gray Zone of Speciation
Published: Mar 10, 2026
Section: Research
A large scale genomic study of Bornean fanged frogs has identified six to seven distinct species, challenging earlier estimates of eighteen cryptic lineages. By analyzing over 13,0...