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WWF report highlights discovery of new species in Greater Mekong region

December 19, 2024

A total of 234 new species were described in the Greater Mekong region in 2023, including a high-altitude crocodile newt, a soft-furred hedgehog and a newly identified genus of palm tree, according to a report released by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on December 16.

Researchers make exciting gem-orchid discovery

October 14, 2021

Thai researchers were in for the find of their lives when they discovered a new species of orchid in the world at Khao Luang in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. They have named the orchid “Uaeng anyamanee Si Thammarat” – Si Thammarat Gem Orchid – or corybas papillatus Inuthai.

New species of tree discovered in Mae Hong Son

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 03, 2021

Scientists puzzled by seeds being grilled in a Mae Hong Son village were astonished to find they came from a previously undiscovered species.

New species named after Asean biodiversity expert

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018

Theresae, a new edaphic-endemic species in Dinagat and Mindanao Islands, was named after Dr Theresa Mundita S Lim, the executive director of the Asean Centre for Biodiversity and former director of the Philippines’ Department of Environment and Natural Resources Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB).

Lizard, turtle among more than 100 new species found in Mekong region

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2017

A Vietnamese 'crocodile lizard' and a Thai turtle found on sale in a local market are among more than 100 new species discovered in the ecologically diverse but threatened Mekong region last year, researchers said Tuesday.

Chula team’s discovery in running for international honour

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017

THE DISCOVERY of a new species of a waterfall centipede in the Khao Sok area of Surat Thani province by Chulalongkorn University (CU) researchers has been selected for the Top Ten New Species Award by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University.