In the year 2023, the world of science and discovery welcomed several remarkable additions to our understanding of biodiversity.
In 2023, scientists had an exceptional year of discovery when they found 815 new species, and a whopping 619 of them turned out to be various types of wasps.
Scientists discovered a brand new species of legless lizard in Angola in 2023, on the slopes of Serra da Neve mountain.
In Mexico, scientists teamed up with Academy of Sciences researchers to study a unique succulent growing on cliffs in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains.
In 2023, scientists discovered two new species of tiny squids, each about a centimeter in size.
In 2023, scientists named a new species of parachute gecko Gekko mizoramensis after the Indian state of Mizoram, where they found it
A new species of roundleaf bat was discoverd in 2023 naming it Hipposideros kingstonae in honor of Tigga Kingston, a bat biologist at Texas Tech University.
Although researchers discovered only a single individual of the Hyloscirtus tolkieni, a unique stream treefrog, they were able to classify it as a new species.
Researchers found a new species of tree-dwelling snake, naming it DiCaprio’s snail-eating snake (Sibon irmelindicaprioae), in Panama and Colombia.
In 2023, scientists discovered a new species named Capropodocerus kamaitachi, a tiny amphipod crustacean measuring only 5.4mm in length.
These newts measure about 6cm in length, not counting their tails, and researchers can differentiate them from their closest relatives.