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More of the most interesting new species of 2024

Vampire hedgehogs, pirate spiders and fishy fungi - the strangest new species of 2024

Alexei V Abramov A soft-furred hedgehog Hylomys macarong (Credit: Alexei V Abramov)

This creature's large fangs earned it the name Hylomys macarong, or vampire hedgehog – a new species of soft-furred hedgehog identified in 2024

Thousands of new species have been discovered by scientists this year – here are some of the weirdest.

Chlamydia could make koalas extinct. 2024

Chlamydia could make koalas extinct. Can a vaccine save them in time?

Tiffanie Turnbull/BBC A drowsy koala wrapped in a towel and held by a vet

Joe Mangy is one of thousands of koalas treated for chlamydia each year

On the table, unconscious and stretched out on a pillow, Joe Mangy looks deceptively peaceful. The koala's watery, red-rimmed eyes are the only sign of the disease at war with his body.

Tubes snarl out of a mask covering his face as a vet tech listens to his chest with a stethoscope. He is not healing as well as they had hoped.

Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plants

Illegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plants

Thuthuka Zondi / BBC Succulents in flower in the Karoo - their shadows can be seen in the sun

A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant species, with organised crime groups capitalising on overseas demand.

"They've not just stolen our land or our plants, they've stolen our heritage as well," a livestock farmer angrily tells the BBC, as she expresses dismay at the social and ecological crisis that the poaching has caused.

Stop the Extinction of Still Undiscovered Species - 2024

Cal Academy Adds Over 100 New Species to the Library of Life in 2024

New species of sea slug, Bermudella lahainensis. 

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences have unveiled a list of all the new animal, plant and fungi species that they added to the Library of Life in 2024.

The new species include a pygmy pipehorse camouflaged in sponges found off the coast of South Africa, an edible and endangered Oaxacan dahlia that looks like a succulent, and 136 other fishes, leaf bugs, worms, sea slugs, spiders, ghost sharks and more.

These discoveries expand our understanding of Earth’s biodiversity. Below, KQED has compiled a list of some of the most eye-catching of the new plants and critters.

A damselfish from the twilight zone

Major report connects the world's environmental challenges 2024

Major report connects the world's environmental challenges

Getty African elephants at a watering hole with a fire in the distance

Issues like climate chante, biodiversity and water are all interlinked, the report says

Climate change, nature loss and food insecurity are all inextricably linked and dealing with them as separate issues won't work, a major report has warned.

Arctic tundra now emits planet-warming pollution, 2024 federal report finds

Arctic tundra now emits planet-warming pollution, 2024 federal report finds

 

The Arctic tundra is warming up and that's causing long-frozen ground to melt as well as an increase in wildfires. The region is "now emitting more carbon that it stores, which will worsen climate change impacts,” explained NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad in a statement.

The Arctic tundra is warming up and that's causing long-frozen ground to melt as well as an increase in wildfires. The region is "now emitting more carbon that it stores, which will worsen climate change impacts," explained NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad in a statement.

Arctic tundra, which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of planet-warming pollution. As wildfires increase and hotter temperatures melt long-frozen ground, the region is releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Climate change: Satellite maps warming impact on global glaciers - 2023

Baltoro

Glaciers are not easy targets for any type of satellite to measure mass loss over time


Scientists have obtained their best satellite assessment yet of the status of the world's glaciers.

Europe's Cryosat satellite tracked the 200,000 or so glaciers on Earth and found they have lost 2,720bn tonnes of ice in 10 years due to climate change.

That's equivalent to losing 2% of their bulk in a decade.

Monitoring how quickly glaciers are changing is important because millions of people rely on them for water and farming.

Climate change: recent, rapid ocean warming alarms scientists - 2023

sun over the oceabn

A recent, rapid heating of the world's oceans has alarmed scientists concerned that it will add to global warming.

This month, the global sea surface hit a new record high temperature. It has never warmed this much, this quickly.

Scientists don't fully understand why this has happened.

But they worry that, combined with other weather events, the world's temperature could reach a concerning new level by the end of next year.

Experts believe that a strong El Niño weather event - a weather system that heats the ocean - will also set in over the next months.

What is biodiversity and how are we protecting it?

 

Baby Amur leopard also known as the Manchurian leopard, at the Parc des felins, in Nesles, south-eastern Paris.

Amur leopards are one of the most endangered species in the world


Targets to reverse the decline of biodiversity by 2030 may be missed without urgent action, according to a new report.

This goal was a key part of the UN global summit on biodiversity held in December 2022.

Nearly a third of all monitored species are currently endangered due to human activities.

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