New species discovered in Papua New Guinea

In partnership, A Rocha International and Conservation International have been working on a programme to discover and protect new species in Papua New Guinea.  Today Conservation International has produced a Press Release announcing the discovery of 200 species of plants and animals, featured on our website here: http://www.arocha.org/int-en/news/media/9444-DSY.html.

A pink-eyed Caedicia, one of the 42 individuals of the leaf katydids (subfamily Phaneropterinae) in the Muller Range mountains of Papua New Guinea, found by scientists Piotr Naskrecki and David Rentz

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1318093/Bat-resembling-Star-Wars-Yoda-discovered-Papua-New-Guinea-rainforest.html#ixzz11l5jqQis



A nyctimene tube-nosed fruit bat (left) is one of the exotic discoveries made by scientists in  Papua New Guinea

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1318093/Bat-resembling-Star-Wars-Yoda-discovered-Papua-New-Guinea-rainforest.html#ixzz11l5yH4zg



Other links

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1318093/New-animal-plant-species-Papua-New-Guinea-rainforests.html

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/new-species-gallery/

http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2010/10/06/wildlife-a-bevy-of-new-species-discovered-in-papua-new-guinea/

http://news.mongabay.com/2010/1005-hance_new_png.html

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=bugs-and-plants-and-mice-oh-my-join-2010-10-05