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Tiny monkey re-emerged after 86 years
On a foggy mountain peak on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, scientists discovered one of the smallest and rarest primates on the planet, Tarsier dwarf monkey.
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The world's oldest creature
At the age of 176, giant Jonathan turtles still look healthy and robust. 'Instrument' is one of the oldest living animals in the world today.
Animal world
Discovering new salamanders in Fiji
Recently a new crested salamander has been discovered in central Fiji. The newly discovered species, Brachylophus bulabula, joins the community of scanties in the Pacifi…
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Some species of Galapagos tortoises are not extinct forever
Yale scientists report that the genetic traces of extinct Galapagos turtles still exist in descendants that now live in the wild.
Animal world
Discover the cheek snake found only in Tam Dao National Park
Animal researchers have just discovered in Tam Dao National Park, Vinh Phuc province, 555mm long cheek snake - one of 19 or 20 species of Opisthotropis cheek snake in th…
Animal world
Discover new species of gecko
French scientists say they successfully hatched a new species of gecko from the eggs collected in an island in the southern Pacific.
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Discover the world's smallest snake in Barbados
The world's smallest snake has just been discovered on the Caribbean island of Barbados. When the snake grows, it has an average length of less than 4 inches (about 10 c…
Animal world
High rate of hormones is a weapon to kill siblings
The Nazca dove - a seabird that lives on the Galápagos Island - came out ready to kill its siblings when it was removed. Biologists at Wake Forest University and colleag…
Animal world
New habitat makes lizards evolve faster
In 1971, biologists brought five pairs of adult Italian lizards from the home island of Pod Kopiste (south of the Adriatic Sea) to the neighboring island of Pod Mrcaru.…
Animal world
Discovered new birds in Indonesia
Zoologists from the Indonesian University (UI) have discovered a new species of bird in the Togian archipelago in North Sumatra province. They named the new bird Kacamat…
Animal world
Birds also use 'whiskers' like cats
The showy coat is usually only considered a ornamental animal, but two biologists have demonstrated that a small seabird has used its hair on its head like a cat whisker…
Animal world
Announced 25 most endangered primates in the world
International conservation organizations on October 26 published the latest list of 25 primates that are about to disappear from the earth, including four in Vietnam. Pr…
Animal world
Detecting rabbits 'bogus'
Scientists have discovered a new fruit-eating bat on an island in southern Manila, Philippines. As described, this bat is orange and has a white streak on its face.
Animal world
Can't be loved because it's too hot
Hot, dry summers are making it difficult for animals and plants in the American island of Antelope, Salt Lake, to prevent them from reproducing.
Animal world
Dwarf elephants are threatened
Satellite signals show that dwarf elephants - only living in Borneo (the third largest island in the world, on which Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei are located) are unde…