Latest top 10 New Species Found in 2012

On May 23rd, the International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) published its 5th annual list of new species discovered during the previous year. Based out of Arizona State University, IISEs scientists collaborate with a committee of taxonomists across the globe to describe and classify new plant and animal species...Snub-Nosed MonkeySnub-nosed monkeys are a group of Old World monkeys and make up the entirety of the genus Rhinopithecus. The genus occurs rarely and needs much more research. About 20,000 of the golden variety remain on Earth. Some 4,000 inhabit the mountainous region where Chinese officials set up the Zhouzhi National Nature Reserve to protect the species. Living bothin and out of reserve boundaries, Rhinopithecus roxellana, whose Latin name was allegedly inspiredby the snub-nosed concubine of a1500s sultan, has made...

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Animals and Their Extra Ordinary Senses

Animals have developed amazing adaptations to their environments.Many different types of energy and senses exist in the environment, some of which humans cannot detect.Here are some examples of how some animals sense the outside world.Ants1. Can detect small movement through 5 cm of earth.2. Can see polarized light.Bats1. Can detect warmth of an animal from about 16 cm away using its nose-leaf.2. Bats can also find food up to 18 ft. away and get information about the type of insect usingtheir sense of echolocation.Bees1. Can see light between wavelengths 300 nm and 650 nm.2. Have taste receptors on their jaws, forelimbs and antennae.3. Worker honey bees have a ring of iron oxide in their abdomens that may be used to detect magnetic fields.They may use this ability to detect changes in the earth's magnetic field and use it for navigation.4....

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