New species of spider discovered ‘next door’ at the borders of cereal fields in Spain

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Tagged arachnid, Arachnida, Araneae, biodiversity, diversity, Holm Oaks, new species, oaks, Spain, spider, taxonomy, urbanizationLeave a comment

June 30, 2016

The image that comes to mind when we think of new species being discovered is that of scientists sampling in remote tropical forests, where humans have barely set foot in. However, new species waiting to be discovered can in fact be very close to us, even if we live in a strongly humanized continent like […]

Flightless survivors: Incredible invertebrate diversity in Los Angeles metropolitan area

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Tagged ants, Araneae, beetles, biodiversity, camel spider, Coleoptera, conservation, diversity, entomology, fauna, flightless insects, Hymenoptera, Insecta, invertebrates, Los Angeles, Madrona Marsh, preservation, urban, urbanization, wild animalsLeave a comment

May 3, 2016

Urban wildlife is surprisingly understudied. We tend to know more about animals in exotic places than about those that live in our cities. This is why researchers Emile Fiesler, president of Bioveyda Biological Inventories, Surveys, and Biodiversity Assessments, USA, and Tracy Drake, manager of the Madrona Marsh Preserve, looked into the fauna of the Madrona […]