New Species

New Species Podcast
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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

  1. 8月11日

    A New Scale Insect with Lily Deeter

    Lily Deeter works on scale insects, tiny creatures that many people aren’t familiar with, or only see as a pest. But once you get to know them, you’ll be hooked. Not only do they have fascinating morphology, physical characteristics that at times can seem otherworldly, but with a little practice you’ll be looking for them everywhere. “I don't think that the insect is just hanging out where entomologists tend to hang out,” Lily explains; the locations she found her new species include her neighborhood park, a brewery, at an entomology conference, and right outside her office. “You just kind of had to look somewhere just a little bit outside of the box.” Lily’s fascination with scale insects is apparent as she shares their amazing biology, including some unexpected genetics, and lots more about these tiny creatures. And of course she introduces us to her new species “Acanthococcus orzo,” named after the pasta.  Lily Deeter’s paper “A new species of grass-infesting felt scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of all life stages and a key to the adult female Acanthococcus Signoret of Florida, U.S.A.” is in volume 5717 of Zootaxa. It can be found here: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.2.3 A transcript of this episode can be found here: Lily Deeter - Transcript   New Species: Acanthococcus orzo Episode image credit: Erin Powell Browse ScaleNet: https://scalenet.info/ Scale insects and gecko conservation: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26198719 Beneficial scale insects: https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800620643.0001 Be sure to follow New Species on Bluesky (@newspeciespodcast.bsky.social) and Instagram (@NewSpeciesPodcast) and “like” the podcast page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast). Music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom) If you have questions or feedback about this podcast, please e-mail us at NewSpeciesPodcast@gmail.com If you would like to support this podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, please consider doing so at https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPod If you would like to make a one-time contribution to this podcast, you can do so at https://buymeacoffee.com/newspeciespod

    A New Scale Insect with Lily Deeter

  2. 7月9日

    The Shared Practice of Art and Science with Aissa, Nicole, and Kathleen

    If you want to be a scientist, you enroll in 4-10 years of higher education. If you want to be an artist, you go to art school and learn a classic technique. Two choices; a binary. Right? Or, could it be that there’s an entire spectrum of choices in between? In this episode, we explore the places where art and science connect with three talented people who have a foot in both worlds. Aissa Domingo is an artist, photographer, and illustrator, Nicole Parish is an artist and naturalist, and Kathleen Baraan is a nature-based art educator. All three have unique perspectives on the shared practice of art and science, and our discussion reveals how important art is to telling scientific stories. See more of Aissa’s work on her website: https://aissadomingo.com/wp/ And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aissa_domingo/ And more of Nicole’s work on hers: https://www.soundoftheforest.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_soundoftheforest_/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/soundoftheforest.bsky.social Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soundoftheforest And follow Kathleen’s work on her website: https://beacons.ai/deartoourhearts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deartoourhearts/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deartoourhearts/ A transcript of this episode can be found here: Aissa Domingo, Kathleen Baraan, and Nicole Parish - Transcript Other resources and people mentioned in this episode: Leonard Co: https://www.philippineplants.org/General/AboutLeonard.html Baba Dioum: https://biographycentral.com/biography/baba_dioum Wild Wonder Foundation’s prompts for nature journaling: https://www.wildwonder.org/store/p/nj-zine The Philippine Taxonomic Initiative: https://phtaxa.org/ Be sure to follow New Species on Bluesky (@newspeciespodcast.bsky.social) and Instagram (@NewSpeciesPodcast) and “like” the podcast page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast). Music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom) If you have questions or feedback about this podcast, please e-mail us at NewSpeciesPodcast@gmail.com If you would like to support this podcast and enjoy free bonus episodes, please consider doing so at https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPod If you would like to make a one-time contribution to this podcast, you can do so at https://buymeacoffee.com/newspeciespod

  3. 6月11日

    All About Crayfish with Zack Graham

    Crayfish, Crawfish, Crawdad; no matter what you call them, If you live in the southeastern United States, their biodiversity hotspot is in your backyard! Astacologist (crayfish biologist) Dr. Zack Graham joins us on this episode to tell us just how wild these freshwater crustaceans are. He shares just a bit of his knowledge on their biodiversity, interesting behaviors, their impact on American culture, and some of the unique threats they continue to face.  At the end of the day, why do crayfish matter? Zack says, “I think at a basic level, humans are just generally curious about what's going on out in nature. And that's what really fuels a lot of my work, just trying to understand what has happened in the past, what's going to happen in the future to these animals that have been living on earth for over 300 million years. They've been here for a very long time. So I think, you know, they kind of have a right to be here and to be protected and to be studied and understood.” A transcript of this episode can be found here: Zack Graham - Transcript Episode image credit: Zack Graham Learn more about Zack’s lab: https://crayfish.westliberty.edu/ You can also follow them on facebook: www.facebook.com/wlucrayfish And on Instagram: @wlucrayfishlab You can order Zack’s book here: https://uncpress.org/9781469685731/crayfish-crawfish-crawdad/ Learn more about the International Association of Astacology: https://www.astacology.org/default.asp?uid=Guest Peruse the American Crayfish Atlas: https://americancrayfishatlas.web.illinois.edu/ And check out some beautiful crayfish photos from Zack’s adventures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/196391561@N03/ Be sure to follow New Species on Bluesky (@newspeciespodcast.bsky.social) and Instagram (@NewSpeciesPodcast) and “like” the podcast page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast). Music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom) If you have questions or feedback about this podcast, please e-mail us at NewSpeciesPodcast@gmail.com If you would like to support this podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, please consider doing so at https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPod

    All About Crayfish with Zack Graham

  4. 5月14日

    A New Cordyceps Spider with Alex Bently

    While giving a tour in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Alex Bently identified a clump on a leaf as a dead spider parasitized by a Cordyceps fungus. When it moved under his touch, he realized that it was actually a unique case of mimicry, and worked with David Ricardo Díaz Guevara and Nadine Dupérré to describe it as a new species. In this episode, Alex shares the unique nature of this spider, as well as what we can learn from it about the complex relationships that can occur between fungi and other organisms.  Alex Bently’s paper “The Cordyceps spider”: Taczanowskia waska sp. nov. (Araneae: Araneidae), a new spider species and a novel case of mimicry of an araneopathogenic fungus (Cordycipitaceae: Gibellula)” is in volume 5760 of Zootaxa. It can be found here: www.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.5.4 Photo Credit: David Ricardo Díaz Guevara Listen to an interview with Alex’s coauthor David in spanish on New Species Español - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1YZuyGcLva6hK752ueXOtZ?si=6qj-Ru2hTwSpMnVLsTpGwA A transcript of this episode can be found here: Alex Bently - Transcript New Species: Taczanowskia waska Follow Waska Amazonia on instagram: @ waska.amazonia And on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WaskaAmazonia Some neat press coverage of this new species: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/spider-mimicing-cordyceps-9.7141687 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/science/spider-cordyceps-fungus-zombies.html Be sure to follow New Species on Bluesky (@newspeciespodcast.bsky.social) and Instagram (@NewSpeciesPodcast) and “like” the podcast page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast). Music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom) If you have questions or feedback about this podcast, please e-mail us at NewSpeciesPodcast@gmail.com If you would like to support this podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, please consider doing so at https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPodIf you would like to make a one-time contribution to this podcast, you can do so at https://buymeacoffee.com/newspeciespod

    A New Cordyceps Spider with Alex Bently

  5. 5月6日

    Rediscovered Freshwater Shrimps with Prakash Sanjeevi and Maclean Santos

    Freshwater shrimps are difficult to study. They’re nocturnal, they live in leaf litter, and yet they are involved in both commercial fishing and the pet trade, making research on their diversity critical. Dr. Prakash Sanjeevi and Maclean Santos have a new strategy for adapting to these challenges: harnessing the power of community. Through educational videos, social media, workshops, and more they provide training to already-interested hobbyists, who in turn help them find rare specimens for papers like this one, in which they redescribe a species that hadn’t been seen in Indian waters for 72 years.  “I truly feel that it is not the talent which survives the long term in this research game, It is more of the hard work and it is more about how much you like the species because if you love a species, you will work really hard for the species” says Maclean. Listen in as we discuss the fascinating morphology, biology, and joy provided by these freshwater shrimps. Maclean Santos and Prakash Sanjeevi’s paper “Rediscovery of the genus Atyopsis Chace, 1983 (Decapoda: Atyidae) in mainland India following a 72-year gap” is in volume 5722 of Zootaxa.  It can be found here: www.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.7 A transcript of this episode can be found here: Maclean Santos and Prakash Sanjeevi - Transcript Episode image credit: Maclean Santos Read their recent paper describing a new species from the same region: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5194.3.5 Follow Maclean and Prakash on Instagram: Prakash: @sanjeeviprakash  Maclean: @homeaquat More pictures and information on GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/species/7839136 Be sure to follow New Species on Bluesky (@newspeciespodcast.bsky.social) and Instagram (@NewSpeciesPodcast) and “like” the podcast page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast). Music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom) If you have questions or feedback about this podcast, please e-mail us at NewSpeciesPodcast@gmail.com If you would like to support this podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, please consider doing so at https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPodIf you would like to make a one-time contribution to this podcast, you can do so at https://buymeacoffee.com/newspeciespod

    Rediscovered Freshwater Shrimps with Prakash Sanjeevi and Maclean Santos

  6. 4月15日

    Who Describes the Spiders? With Katherine Montana and Cláudia Xavier

    “I hope that individual taxonomists take a step back and really think about the choices they make when it comes to collaboration…I want taxonomists to consider equity in their work, and not just consider that but actively support actions that are making a difference in the way we do science.” Cláudia Xavier’s words here address the issue that is the focus of her new paper; who actually gets the opportunity to be a taxonomist?  In this episode, I talk to Katherine and Cláudia about their experiences writing this paper, but also being taxonomists in a field that wasn’t built with everyone in mind. They tell me the stories of two marginalized taxonomists who made outsized impacts on their field, and how they hope their research lays the foundation for a more equitable and just arachnology in the future. Katherine Montana and Cláudia Xavier’s paper “If history is written by the victors, who describes the spiders? Species author trends reflect gender and geopolitical disparities in biodiversity science” is in volume 146, issue 1 of the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.  It can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf067 A transcript of this episode can be found here: Cláudia and Katherine A spanish transcript of this episode can be found here: Cláudia and Katherine en español Follow Cláudia on Bluesky: @claudiaxavier.bsky.social  And learn from her on Instagram: @geaaoficial Check out more from the Esposito lab: https://www.arachnerds.info/ And follow them on Instagram: @arachnerds Dr. Esposito is also the founder of the 500 Queer Scientists project: https://500queerscientists.com/ World Spider Catalog: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/ Untold Stories from the Academy: https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/library/untold-stories Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Millerhttps://pushkinpress.com/book/why-fish-dont-exist/ Additional reading: Developing scientific equity for biodiversity research: a thematic analysis of ecological change impacts on ranchers in Baja California Sur, Mexico: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742170525100100 Science in Indigenous homelands: addressing power and justice in sustainability science from/with/in the Penobscot River https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-00904-3 Promoting equity between the Global North and Global South in entomological research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2025.101357 Anti-racist interventions to transform ecology, evolution and conservation biology departments https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01522-z Be sure to follow New Species on Bluesky (@newspeciespodcast.bsky.social) and Instagram (@NewSpeciesPodcast) and “like” the podcast page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast). Music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom) If you have questions or feedback about this podcast, please e-mail us at NewSpeciesPodcast@gmail.com If you would like to support this podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, please consider doing so at https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPod

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    Coming Soon - New Species en Español!

    New Species en Español will be a Spanish-language version of the New Species Podcast, hosted by Ivonne Garzón. Subscribe to it here: https://open.spotify.com/user/31jdpbfn26x3w7sa2b76db3z2vxa?si=160a1a8eac644f00Or wherever you get your podcasts.

  8. 4月1日

    No New Species! With Takahiro Sugiyama, Ryutaro Goto, & Chloé Fourreau

    Sometimes, a collection of new species turns out to be… no new species! Takahiro Sugiyama, Ryutaro Goto, and Chloé Fourreau began studying the unique ectoparasitic scale worm Gastrolepidia clavigera in part because of its fascinating diversity of color, likely contributing to its ability to camouflage on sea cucumbers. After some genetic work, they found that this entire rainbow of scale worms all actually seem to belong to the same species!  Takahiro Sugiyama, Ryutaro Goto, and Chloé Fourreau’s paper “Host specific camouflage in a holothurian-ectoparasitic scale worm: testing the host-race hypothesis using COI and genome-wide SNP data” is in volume 173 of Marine Biology  It can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-025-04744-y Episode image credit: Takahiro Sugiyama and Ryutaro Goto A New Species episode with Chloé on Polychaete worms: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0aH2bPNb4u3wOrONIYfZkp?si=7i0lzzSlSjWfsXce436-3g Follow Chloé on instagram and Bluesky: @chaoticchloeia Follow the MISE lab on instagram: @mise_lab Read Takahiro’s recent paper about the scale worms that live on sea stars: doi.org/10.3800/pbr.15.289 Original description of G. clavigera: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50342#page/8/mode/1up Be sure to follow New Species on Bluesky (@newspeciespodcast.bsky.social) and Instagram (@NewSpeciesPodcast) and “like” the podcast page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast). Music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom) If you have questions or feedback about this podcast, please e-mail us at NewSpeciesPodcast@gmail.com If you would like to support this podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, please consider doing so at https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPodIf you would like to make a one-time contribution to this podcast, you can do so at https://buymeacoffee.com/newspeciespod

    No New Species! With Takahiro Sugiyama, Ryutaro Goto, & Chloé Fourreau
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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

資訊

  • 創作者
    New Species Podcast
  • 活躍年代
    2021年 - 2026年
  • 集數
    121
  • 年齡分級
    兒少適宜
  • 版權
    © New Species Podcast
  • 節目網站
    New Species

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