Taxonomy
Researchers at the University of Kansas have uncovered a long-standing error in the classification of a poison frog species from Peru. The frog, originally described in 1999 based on a photograph, was linked to the wrong preserved specimen, leading to its misidentification for over two decades. The correction reclassifies it as a variant of an existing species.
Imeripotiwa na AI
Researchers have unveiled 14 new marine invertebrate species from ocean depths up to 6,465 meters through the Ocean Species Discoveries initiative. Coordinated by the Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance, the project uses advanced lab techniques to accelerate taxonomy and documentation. The findings, published in Biodiversity Data Journal, include a record-breaking mollusk and a carnivorous bivalve.