#NewSpecies is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 22 people shared 74 posts with it — around 2 a day. Activity is down 20% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 17 with 17 posts.

Posts with #NewSpecies

“Let them eat shit”

@grrlscientist.bsky.social

10 months ago

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #Biodiversity #Spider🕷️ #NewToScience #NewSpecies #Thailand🇹🇭 #Gynandromorph #Wildlife #Halloween🏮 #SpookySeason😵‍💫 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

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Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science

Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon in this previously unknown species.

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“Let them eat shit”

@grrlscientist.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct Species, study led by Yale University with Griffith University, published by @currentbiology.bsky.social #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #MarineBiology #ecology #NewSpecies www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

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Scott P. Egan

@scottpegan.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Our lab discovered & described a #NewSpecies of tiger beetle in 2024, then I found a pinned specimen for sale on #eBay collected in 1975 for $5. #entomology

Pinned tiger beetle specimen collected in 1975 in Houston. Texas.

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Plazi

@plazi-species.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

#NewSpecies! New millipede from #thailand just rolled in: Sphaerobelum petramurum Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/7F…. Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse.... #ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #SphaerobelumPetramurum #FAIRdata #science #biodiversity #nature #conservation #diplopoda #millipedes

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“Let them eat shit”

@grrlscientist.bsky.social

5 months ago

Sixty New Species of Dragonflies Discovered in Africa #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #Dragonflies #Damselflies #Evolution #Ecology #NewSpecies grrlscientist.medium.com/….

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Sixty New Species of Dragonflies Discovered in Africa

This is the greatest number of new dragonfly and damselfly species to be formally described at the same time in 130 years

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Dr Mark D. Scherz

@markscherz.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

🖖🐸🧪 Meet Boophis kirki, B. picardi, and five other #newspecies of treefrog from #Madagascar named after #StarTrek captains! Published #OA in Vertebrate Zoology. Read about the new species here: www.markscherz.com/archiv…

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“Let them eat shit”

@grrlscientist.bsky.social

8 months ago

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #gynandromorph #NewSpecies #spider🕷️ #Thailand🇹🇭 grrlscientist.medium.com/….

grrlscientist.medium.com

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science

Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon (bilateral…

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Scott P. Egan

@scottpegan.bsky.social

9 months ago

Just in time for #Halloween 👻, a #NewSpecies of trapdoor spider discovered!!! 🕷️ www.ucdavis.edu/climate/n….

www.ucdavis.edu

New Species of Spider Discovered, Just in Time for Halloween

UC Davis scientists have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider in California's coastal sand dunes.

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Louis Nastasi

@toomanywasps.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

#NewSpecies alert! We just published a paper in Zootaxa describing two gorgeous species of #Ormyrus parasitoid wasps associated with herb #gall #wasps! Ormyrus bellbowl is named after the Bell Bowl #Prairie in opposition to its abhorrent partial destruction in 2023. #PreserveOurPrairies

Ormyrus bellbowl, a newly named species of parasitic wasp

Ormyrus myrae, a newly described species of parasitic wasp

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Kenneth Becker

@geophotographer.org

about 1 year ago

A newly identified group of deep-sea spiders carries methane-eating microbes on their legs, revealing a unique symbiosis and a surprising new lineage in the ocean depths #DeepSea #NewSpecies #MarineBiology #OceanExploration #biology 🧪🕷️🌊 Paper www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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New Discovery of Deep Sea 'Spiders' Is Unlike Anything We've Seen Before

Three newly-discovered species of deep sea 'spiders' farm methane-eating bacteria on their own bodies in a symbiosis quite unlike anything seen before.

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Dr Mark D. Scherz

@markscherz.bsky.social

12 days ago

Say hello to Quentin’s Diamond Frog, Rhombophryne quentini. 🧪🐸 #NewSpecies