New Species Podcast
1) New Species Census 2026
Hi everyone, incredibly it's time for the third biennial New Species Census! Every two years I ask listeners to answer a few questions about who they are, how they listen, and what they would like fro...Show More
2) A New Isopod with Benedikt Kästle
Do you ever wonder if your pet could be a new species? Paleontologist Benedikt Kästle took a closer look at his, and it led to a brand new genus and species! Also known as woodlice, these popular pets...Show More
3) All About Stoneflies with Anna Eichert
Stoneflies, or Plecoptera, are an order of insects with around 4,000 species. But that’s about to change. In her paper “Stonefly systematics: past, present, and future,” Anna Eichert and her colleague...Show More
4) New Adelopsis Beetles with Eduardo Gomyde
The genus Adelopsis is one of the many groups of LBB’s, ‘little brown beetles’ that often get left behind or unidentified by researchers. Eduardo Gomyde is a scientist giving them a closer look. “We'r...Show More
5) Three New Lichens with Erin Manzitto-Tripp
How much do you know about lichens? These incredible taxa are understudied, but today’s guest is making sure they’re not undervalued. “You can’t look at lichens under a microscope and not become immed...Show More
6) Three New Fossil Dictyopterans with Soo Bin Lee
The Cretaceous insects in the family Umenocoleidae have been difficult to classify, but for Soo Bin Lee they are a window into one of the most interesting periods of our prehistoric world. While close...Show More
7) A New Geometrid Moth with Ivonne Garzón
Do you have a love of holometabolic insects? Ivonne Garzón is the president of their fan club! She studies a subset of geometrid moths that may look drab, but their colorful caterpillars and relations...Show More
8) Un Nuevo Puercoespín con Héctor Ramírez-Chaves
Los puercoespines, una de las criaturas más adorables y dolorosas a la vez, captan la atención en toda su área de distribución mundial. En este artículo, Héctor Ramírez-Chaves y sus coautores describe...Show More
9) A New Porcupine with Héctor Ramirez-Chaves
Simultaneously one of the cutest and most pain-inducing creatures, porcupines capture attention all over their worldwide range. In this paper, Héctor Ramirez-Chaves and his coauthors describe a new sp...Show More
10) A New (Old) Apple with Todd, Cameron, and John
The moment John Bunker saw the 200+ year old tree, he knew it might be special. He had no idea however, that it was one of America’s oldest surviving apple trees, a French ancestor to many of the appl...Show More