Article: New Subspecies of Brown Bear Discovered in Xinjiang

Article: Hibiscus vitifolius subsp. lukei (Malvaceae), a new ...
Kew Bulletin;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Summary. A new subspecies of Hibiscus vitifolius L. is described ... status is assessed. The following new subspecies is described as part of precursory ... specimens at K alone), while the new subspecies is represented by a single collection ...

Article: Scientists question discovery of 'new subspecies'
China Daily;  April 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... published in Conservation Biology magazine in 2001, she and her team reported findings contrary to the idea of a "new subspecies." Lu and her colleagues collected samples from 45 giant pandas from mountain ranges in Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces ...

Article: The oldest known human fossils have been found in the Afar region ...
Geographical;  September 1, 2003 ;     570 words ...The oldest known human fossils have been found in the Afar region of Ethiopia. The three skulls, thought to be 160,000 years old, have been assigned to a new subspecies, Homo sapiens idaltu--the latter word means 'elder' in Afar.

Article: New subspecies of elephants discovered in Borneo
AP Worldstream;  September 4, 2003 ;     435 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Elephants on the island of Borneo, believed to be the smallest in the world, have been reclassified as a distinct subspecies after new genetic tests, a wildlife official said Thursday. The Malaysian chapter of the Worldwide Fund for Nature reported the

Article: NEW SUBSPECIES OF SNIPE BIRD ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  November 23, 1997 ;     375 words ...Byline: Reuters WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A new species of the snipe bird has been found on a remote subantarctic island, New Zealand Conservation Minister Nick Smith said this week. He said the discovery was internationally significant. About eight birds had been sighted and at least one

Article: Three new species, two new subspecies and five new ...
Kew Bulletin;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Summary. The genus Aglaia (Meliaceae) is well represented in Borneo, with 60 species now recognised for the island. Twelve of these are endemic, of which three are described in this paper. Most of the remainder are also found in Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. Pannell's monographic revision of

Article: In lost books and in science, Brown Bear is a new ...
The Boston Herald;  November 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... exactly answer the question of where Brown Bear went. But it raises some possibilities ... headline boasted: "Fossil Indicates Brown Bear Went South," which, if you're a ... But I read the headline and thought, "Brown Bear went south? Is this a clue? Is Brown ...