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Illicit centipede spurs taxonomy journal debate

Summary In 2018, a new species of centipede, found in forests in the Philippines bearing turquoise...

Feb 12, 2021
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Illicit centipede raises thorny question: Should journals have refused to publish a paper about it?

In 2018, a new species of centipede graced the pages of the prominent taxonomy journal Zootaxa....

Feb 10, 2021
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Seed bonanza aids plan to save tropical trees

Summary It's a "mast year" in the lowland rainforests of Malaysia and Indonesia, when dozens of...

Nov 8, 2019
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Unusual mass flowering in Malaysian rainforests provides seeds for endangered tree 'arks'

ROYAL BELUM STATE PARK IN PERAK, MALAYSIA—It has been a year of color and sex for the lowland...

Nov 6, 2019
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Politics could upend global trade in rare earth elements

Summary The Lynas Advanced Materials Plant, a facility in Malaysia that produces 10% of the world's...

Apr 12, 2019
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A radioactive waste standoff and science’s debt to the slave trade

A single factory in Malaysia supplies about 10% of the world’s rare earth oxides, used in...

Apr 4, 2019
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Radioactive waste standoff could slash high tech’s supply of rare earth elements

KUANTAN, MALAYSIA—Companies and governments around the world are anxiously watching the fate of a...

Apr 1, 2019
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New tarantula highlights illegal trade in spiders

Summary A recently discovered tarantula has bright blue legs and represents a new genus and...

Mar 1, 2019
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This amazing blue tarantula is a new spider species—but did researchers break the law when they studied it?

A female of the world's most recently named tarantula species has electric-blue legs and a creamy...

Feb 27, 2019
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Stopping the sting

Summary Angel Yanagihara of the University of Hawaii in Honolulu has spent 20 years studying the...

Nov 9, 2018
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Jellyfish almost killed this scientist. Now, she wants to save others from their fatal venom

TALAO-TALAO, THE PHILIPPINES—On 17 June, several families were celebrating Father's Day here at...

Nov 8, 2018
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This mite’s method of hitchhiking is not recommended

If you’re a mite looking to travel, you could do worse than being swallowed by a slug. These...

Mar 27, 2018
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Stick insects lure ants with fatty knobs

Stick insects are masters of camouflage, fooling predators, prey, and even rivals into thinking...

Oct 23, 2015
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