About this podcast
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!
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Episodes
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- New Squat Lobsters with Shivam Tiwari · 47 minIf you had told university student Shivam Tiwari that he would become one of the foremost systematists of Indian squat lobsters, he would probably have laughed. Shivam began as…
- A Genus and Two New Species of Staphylinids with Fang-Shuo Hu · 30 minThere’s a new genus of Staphylinid beetle named after one of the most legendary Manga characters! Fang-Shuo Hu and his coauthor Alexey Solodovnikov have been working on teasing…
- Re-release: Adelopsis Beetles with Eduardo Gomyde · 28 minHi everyone, Today I’m re-releasing an old episode in honor of a friend. It was actually just under a year ago that this episode on Adelopsis Beetles with Eduardo Gomyde aired…
- Two New Catfish with Ananda Serejo · 34 minWhat kind of catfish are in your local river? In Northeastern Brazil, catfish are so diverse and specialized that sometimes each river its own species. In fact, Ananda Serejo has…
- A New Scale Insect with Lily Deeter · 42 minLily 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…
- The Shared Practice of Art and Science with Aissa, Nicole, and Kathleen · 57 minIf 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…
- All About Crayfish with Zack Graham · 27 minCrayfish, 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…
- A New Cordyceps Spider with Alex Bently · 38 minWhile 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…
- Rediscovered Freshwater Shrimps with Prakash Sanjeevi and Maclean Santos · 38 minFreshwater 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…
- Who Describes the Spiders? With Katherine Montana and Cláudia Xavier · 37 min“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…
- Coming Soon - New Species en Español! · 2 minNew Species en Español will be a Spanish-language version of the New Species Podcast, hosted by Ivonne Garzón. Subscribe to it here…
- No New Species! With Takahiro Sugiyama, Ryutaro Goto, & Chloé Fourreau · 38 minSometimes, 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…
- Two New Trapdoor Spiders with Donard Geci · 32 minDonard Geci fell into studying spiders by accident, but now he can’t imagine his life without them. He’s one of the only arachnologists in the Balkans, a hotspot for spiders as…
- Two New Tachinid Flies with Rodrigo Dios · 41 minThere are plenty of taxonomists who use museum collections as a resource, but not everyone makes collections the basis of their work. Rodrigo Dios studies Tachinid flies, a group…
- A Bug's Life (1998) with Jesse and Charleigh Hurlburt · 40 min“The queen especially was not like, like totally not like mad mad, but like mad at him…” That analysis is from Charleigh (age 6 ), who I talked to along with her dad Jesse…
- New Species Census 2026 · 1 minHi 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…
- A New Isopod with Benedikt Kästle · 44 minDo 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…
- All About Stoneflies with Anna Eichert · 30 minStoneflies, 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…
- New Adelopsis Beetles with Eduardo Gomyde · 28 minThe 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…
- Three New Lichens with Erin Manzitto-Tripp · 31 minHow 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…
