New Species

New Species

10 episodes

Just a fraction of the species on our planet are known to science, but more are described and published every day. This podcast talks to the authors of these new species to get the behind-the-scenes stories of how new species are found and named, as well as why these discoveries should matter to everyone, not just scientists. Join us on our journey to better understand the wonderful biodiversity of our planet! Be sure to follow New Species on Twitter (@PodcastSpecies), and support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPod

Podcasts

A New Gecko with Javier Lobon-Rovira

Published: Oct. 17, 2023, 9:49 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 30 seconds

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Three New Wolf Spiders with Danni Sherwood

Published: Oct. 3, 2023, 9:38 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 46 seconds

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Collections Data with Makenzie Mabry

Published: Sept. 19, 2023, 10:14 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 44 seconds

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Seven New Leaf Insects with Royce Cumming

Published: Sept. 5, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 47 seconds

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Five New Kleptoparasitic Spiders with Cláudia Xavier

Published: Aug. 22, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 25 seconds

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Eleven New Starfish with Chris Mah

Published: Aug. 8, 2023, 10:17 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 43 seconds

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A New Millipede with Paul Marek and Cedric Lee

Published: July 11, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 20 seconds

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Wonderful Weevils with Bob Anderson

Published: June 27, 2023, 12:07 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 52 seconds

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Seven New Grasshoppers with JoVonn Hill

Published: June 13, 2023, 1:12 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 27 seconds

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Three New Argyresthia Moths with Jacob Gorneau

Published: May 30, 2023, 12:05 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 18 seconds

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What’s in a Spider Name with Stefano Mammola

Published: May 23, 2023, 11:34 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 57 seconds

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A New Bat with Amanda Grunwald

Published: May 18, 2023, 2:55 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 38 seconds

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Seven New Sea Slugs with Ángel Valdéz

Published: May 2, 2023, noon
Duration: 25 minutes 2 seconds

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Una Araña Trampilla Nueva con Cristian Pertegal

Published: April 27, 2023, 1:24 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 9 seconds

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A New Horseshoe Bat with Michael Curran

Published: April 18, 2023, 12:18 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 44 seconds

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A New Trapdoor Spider with Cristian Pertegal

Published: April 4, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 53 seconds

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A New Beech Tree with Wei Harn

Published: March 21, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 7 seconds

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A New Carpenter Bee with Dibyajyoti Ghosh

Published: March 7, 2023, 1:50 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 43 seconds

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Ten New Species of Cave Spiders with Marshal Hedin

Published: Feb. 21, 2023, 2:25 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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Three New Species of Caecilians with Juan Fernández

Published: Feb. 7, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 8 seconds

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A New Species of Afrotropical Ant with Kiko Gómez

Published: Jan. 24, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 5 seconds

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A New Species of Mud Dragon with Maria Herranz

Published: Jan. 10, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 24 seconds

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20 New Species of Frogs with Mark Scherz

Published: Dec. 27, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 57 seconds

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A New Species of Australian Native Bee with Kit Prendergast

Published: Dec. 13, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 36 seconds

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A New Species of Gecko With Javier Lobon Rovira

Published: Nov. 29, 2022, 2:47 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 34 seconds

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Seven New Species of Medetera Flies with Marc Pollet

Published: Nov. 16, 2022, 1:40 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 8 seconds

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Re-Release: Happy Face Spiders with Rosemary Gillespie

Published: Nov. 1, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 37 seconds

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A New Species of Homalopsid Snake with Justin Bernstein

Published: Oct. 18, 2022, 1:36 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 18 seconds

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Three New Species of Ground Snake with Alejandro Arteaga

Published: Oct. 4, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 46 seconds

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A New Species of Thyreophoran Dinosaur with Facundo Riguetti

Published: Sept. 13, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

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A New Species of Ambrosia Beetle with Rachel Osborn

Published: Aug. 30, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 12 seconds

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S02 Episode 9: A new spring-snail species from the Belasitsa Mountains!

Published: June 21, 2022, 1:40 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 1 second

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S2, E08: Two episodes in one! First, a new Taylor Swift millipede, then ectoparasites and mites!

Published: May 31, 2022, 7:07 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes

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S2, E07: New species of vampire worms from the deep ocean!

Published: May 25, 2022, 7:19 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 48 seconds

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S2, E06: A new spider from Madagascar!

Published: April 27, 2022, 1:57 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 49 seconds

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S2, E05: A new species of underground frog with a nose like a tapir!

Published: April 14, 2022, 12:21 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 28 seconds

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S2, E04: Huge woolly flying squirrels from the Himalayas!

Published: March 15, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 8 seconds

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S2, E03: New crustaceans from Africa and a new frog species from Panama!

Published: March 1, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds

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S2, E02: A new amphipod from Japan!

Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 35 seconds

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S2, E01: Two new species of frogs from Ecuador!

Published: Feb. 1, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 30: Planthoppers are the mosquitoes of the plant world, and collecting in Costa Rica!

Published: Sept. 14, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 29: Fossil mammaliaforms that walked the Earth with dinosaurs!

Published: Aug. 31, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 28: A new species named because of this podcast (!!) and another after the father of modern medicine!

Published: Aug. 17, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 26: The taxonomic impediment, Part II, an interview with the founder of Pensoft Publishing!

Published: July 20, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 24: Huntsman spiders from Madagascar, David Bowie, and collecting spiders the size of dinner plates!

Published: June 29, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 23: Reefs built by a new species of oyster instead of being built by corals!

Published: June 22, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 22: Four new beetle species and why the term “adventive” should be used more!

Published: June 15, 2021, 2:13 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 20: New millipedes from the northwestern US—eighteen (!!) new species in three new genera!

Published: June 1, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 19: New Species—of orchids from Australia that trick gnats into sex!

Published: May 25, 2021, 2:43 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 17: New Species—of ant spiders from Iran and Turkmenistan, and collecting in mine fields!

Published: May 11, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 16: New Species—of elfin saddle fungus from Mexico!

Published: May 4, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 15: New Species—of harlequin toad from Panama and the troubles to get one specimen!

Published: April 27, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 14: New Species—of flying tarantulas with eleven eyes that can live for 20 years behind secret doors!

Published: April 20, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 13: New Species—of high mountain jaguar moths and caterpillars that glow (fluoresce, actually)!

Published: April 13, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 12: New Species—of peacock spider named after a famous fish!

Published: April 6, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 11: New Species—of African bats and how they help control pests, and how bats help make tequila!

Published: March 30, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 10: New Species—of muscid flies from North America, and the thrill of naming new species!

Published: March 23, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 9: New Species—17 of them—of ant-like spiders from the Afrotropical region.

Published: March 16, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 6: New Species—of cockroach from Tasmania (and they’re huge!)!

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 5: New Species-- actually, 403 (yes, 403!!) new species of braconid parasitoid wasps from Costa Rica!

Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 4: New Species-- of Happy Face spiders in Hawaii!

Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 3: New Species-- a 60 million year old fossil "alligator" from Texas, USA!

Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 2: New Species-- daddy long legs from New Caledonia!

Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 1: New Species-- or new genus? Tiny frogs from Southeast Asia!

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 1:50 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 14 seconds

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