A new mammal species has been discovered in Madagascar, and is described here on Tetrapod Zoology. It is NOT a primate.
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The PLoS Blog Pick of the Month for July has been announced, and it's a post by Hannah Waters of Culturing Science on forest canopy height. This is a great choice. Read it here.
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