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Discovering new orchids only in Vietnam
A new scientific orchid called Dendrobium farinatum is recognized as a native orchid species in Vietnam, never before found in any other country and scientists have offi…
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Cockroaches glow to fool enemies
This new insect named scientifically Lucihormetica luckae lives in tropical South America. One of its representatives has been found since 1939 in Ecuador but has not be…
Biology
Thorel warm lid reappeared in Vietnam after more than 100 years
A joint survey between the Institute of Tropical Biology and Lo Go - Xa Mat National Park and researchers from France and the UK, in August 2011 confirmed the existence…
Biology
Asian mosquitoes expand throughout Europe
Asian tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) are mosquito species originating from tropical and subtropical regions in Southeast Asia. They can transmit viruses that cause…
Biology
The scavenger flowers bloom again
This exotic flower originates from equatorial tropical forests in Sumatra Province, western Indonesia, and is technically named Indonesia's Giant Calf Tree (Amorphophall…
Biology
Remember the smell of the enemy
The ant nests, one of the oldest and most effective social structures, can together form an integrated memory of their opponents. Experts at the University of Melbourne…
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Research on global warming through petrography
Four paleontologists from Canada and the United States have studied fossils of a giant ant in the Denver Museum, thereby understanding how global warming affects the dis…
Biology
The 10 most endangered corals
10 species of tropical coral have the most evolutionary and most endangered evolution in the world (EDGE), according to a new report by scientists from London Zoology As…
Biology
Glowing mushroom
Continuous glowing in the tropical forests of Brazil, Mycena luxaeterna is like tiny stars on the ground.
Biology
Successful sketch of detailed map of cassava roots
Chinese scientists from the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences have relied on gene sequencing technology to successfully map the root of the cassava genom…
Biology
2009 bumper plant discoveries
Giant plants of tropical forests, tiny mushrooms, and wild coffee are among 300 species first described by botanists in England in 2009.
Biology
Feed mold to make clean soy sauce
The research team at the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Tropical Biology has found new technology to produce 3-MCPD soy sauce ...
Biology
'Western salary of women' in the ant world
US scientists have found a tropical ant species reproduce without mating with males. Their team is full of ants.
Biology
Discovering new plant species in Kien Giang
Experts of the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Tropical Biology and Edinburgh and Scotland Botanical Garden experts discovered and published a new species of Ornithoboea p…
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Color of insects with anti-cancer drugs and tropical diseases
According to researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, the beetle-colored beetles or butterfly-colored larvae may signal chemical compounds t…