Vegetarian piranha, Isle of Skye pterosaur among newly named species

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2024-12-20

London (PA Media/dpa) - A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown to science that have been named this year. Natural History Museum (NHM) scientists and their partners across the world named almost 200 species in the last 12 months. New finds include a snake from the Indian Himalayas named after actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio and the piranha named af......

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