Ten Surprising Discoveries of New Species - The Finds That Made International News 

“Good heavens, what insect could suck it” made me choke on my water.

Probably my favorite story of discovery is when in march of this year, someone on iNaturalist in New Zealand ended up rediscovering the frosted phoenix moth (Titanomis sisyrota) which had last been in 1959.

Looking into the Wollemi pine, it seems to have come extremely close to extinction thousands of years ago, as all the existing trees are genetically identical, suggesting that at some point only one or two trees were alive. Given how hardy it is, it makes me wonder just what could have happened that effected it so badly.

Imagine what Marjorie Courtenay Latimer thought when she saw that coelocanth. It'd be like finding a velociraptor carcass in a butcher shop

the living dinosaur tree one is insane

We have a species of tree in NZ called Three Kings Kaikōmako which when discovered was the only wild tree. It was found on the side of a cliff and nicknamed "The worlds loneliest tree". It's still critically endangered but has been breed in captivity since.

actually the only channel that I have notifications on for. it's literally like Christmas day whenever you upload 😭

One of the coolest things about this channel is that one could click on the "Like" button before even watching a video and not regret it by the end of the video. All of the "All About Nature" films are always excellent.

There is the wild plant called "cupu", from which the domesticated "cacao" and also domesticated "cupuacu" versions come from. It was recently determined, by genetic studies, that the domestication of cacao and cupuacu is 5.000 years old.

At 16:20 the “typical dromornithidae skull” is actually the skull of a Phorusrhacid (Phorusrhacidae), which are more closely related to Seriemas.

Here's a discovery: Lord Howe Island Stick Insect Extinct on it's home island but found km away on Ball's Pyramid on a single small tree. This is such an enjoyable video to watch, thanks.

As a nature nerd I love this channel so much and I look forward to every upload! Keep up the great work!

Man Gladiators are such cool insects

Great topic, I also find the story of the Wollemi pine amazing in that they are now available to the public and yet sad that the original population is threatened by disease, thanks for sharing All the best Jules 💕

I just heard about the littlest pig found in the foothills of Himalayas. It apparently lives with the one horned rhinoceros. Would love to hear about it from you.

I live in Australia and when I was younger, our school received a cutting of Wollemi pine and we had a ceremony and everything about it. The next day when we got to school, it was destroyed by vandals 😢

The introduced"water mould" is Phytophthora cinnamomi, an oomycete (not a fungus).

16:19 That's not a dromornithid skull, it belongs to Phorusrhacos, one of the many popularly called terror birds which lived in the Americas and were carnivorous. The typical Dromornithid skull actually looks very similar to that of Genyornis since the two are closely related, but for some reason over the years many reconstructions gave it an inaccurate goose-like skull. Weird since there are even cave painting of Genyornis showing it had a clearly large beak.

Not sure if this counts of a discovery or not, but the 2012 paper claiming Pygmy Right Whales are a species of Cetothere surprised me.

AAN could you do a video about all the plants with only 1 individual currently? (Hyophorbe amaricaulis etc.)

“Good heavens, what insect could suck it” pure gold

coelacanth are honestly adorable. they remind me of like an old grandpa koi but with a dull galaxy colour palette they're honestly just gorgeous

I watched this video 2 weeks ago, we went on vacation and visited the Eden project in the UK and i recognised the Wollemi Pine in their collection because of you!

08:11 that's actually very wholesome

I've just discovered your channel, and it's absolutely awesome. You're doing great work! Subscribed 🙂

We love you content!! Thanks for keep doing it...

i was wondering if you’d be interested in making a video about beaked whales, or including them in a video! specifically a spade toothed whale washed up on an island new zealand earlier in july, one of only 6 known specimens of the species, which got me interested in them. i think it’s interesting that they’re so little known and rare! maybe you’ve already done a video on them and i missed it but i thought it may be an interesting topic edit/update: success, he made a video with the spade toothed whale 🤩

I love watching videos on animals living and extinct. Animals have always been a big part of my life. I love going to different states and finding different species of reptiles and fish and any other animals I can find.

Great Job on this..

I know it is less common to discover new mammals and larger animals. I remember a few years ago there was a discovery of some sort of weasel or otter of some kind found in a relatively remote forest lake or something

Sansevieria sambiranensis syn. Dracaena sambiranensis would be a species I would like featured in one of your videos. I’m obsessed with snake plants and I find these to be one of the more interesting ones. The history of both genera would be interesting to dive into as well. Especially with the recent genetic testing done which has many people assimilating Sansevieria into Dracaena. I absolutely love your content btw ❤️🔥

Another outstanding video - thank you so much for your hard work! I knew about the coelacanth, sphinx moth, Wollemi Pine and cycad but the others were new to me. We can only hope that drastic measures will be put in place to protect the Rice's whale but I fear this isn't going to happen. I love your videos about new, rediscovered and highly endangered species. When I visited New Zealand I made a point of visiting a protected area to see the Takahe which "disappeared" for 50 years before being rediscovered in 1948. It was a marvellous yet sobering experience to be so close to these iconic birds.

Discoveries like these are why I think that there's still a chance that thylacines and other assumed extinct species might still surprise us some day. A girl can hope!

I love your channel

I’m so happy you posted again. I play with myself to your voice! It’s so soft but masculine.

Just recently found your channel, but love the videos! your voice is soothing and everything is so interesting!

24:10 How many species are named after him? So far, there's this moth and the Giant Wallace Bee.

I have two wollemi in my yard! They're really cool and recommend everyone get one if they can

Wow did not know about the mantophasmids. Fascinating that they were preserved in a time capsule from when Europe was subtropical and then to be discovered still extant in the Southern Hemisphere. I wonder when and how they went extinct everywhere else?

16:20 as some have mentioned, the skull labeled "Typical Dromornithodae skull" is incorrect as that is a terror bird skull which represents Phorusrhacidae, not Dromornithodae

Have you covered the likely first extinct hornbill, Penelopides panini ticaensis? Its a subspecies of the beautiful and endangered Visayan hornbill, and was only found on the island of Ticao. The bird was last seen in a group of 3 in 1971. Its likely extinct, as only 10 acres of its former habitat still exist. I can't find a whole lot about it, but maybe you can find more. I found out about the species from a lithograph that I bought, and it became one of my favorite birds.

I recently discovered your channel, I must say that I love it, it is so very well documented. I've always had a strange fascination for extinct or very rare animals. I would love to see a video about "extinct in the wild". Thank you for taking your time to make such good and well put videos

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Love your content mannnn

you should cover the silk henge spiders

8:02 When I don't want to go out but my friends pick me up anyways 👁_ 👁

Ichthyologist 1: Omg, where did you find this brand new species of ultra rare nearly extinct fish? Ichthyologist 2: In a fish market…

i love your videos so much!!!! :D

There are definitely more than 500 Cycads in the small town that I stay in South Africa, this is not a fact check but rather shows the efforts of locals to keep dwindling species alive. I grew up with a few in our garden.

Amazing video, as always! I hope you can do another video on prehistoric/dinosaurs (maybe cryptid videos?)

Great video as always, although Bryde's is pronounce like "broo-duhs."

First-time viewer here! Thanks for the video. Notifications on! ❤

My grandparents have a small Wollemi pine, not sure where they said they got it from. They are pretty rad little trees.

"Good heavens what insect can suck it" - me talking about Imperfect Cell from DBZ

New Zealand has some very rare and interesting plants and birds that are thought to have gone extinct only too be rediscovered, Like the Black Robin, In the 80s around five birds were found on a small island

I remember reading about some of these.

A story for part two: dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso) from New Guinea. They were considered both mythical creatures/spirits of dead people and small "hairy humanoid" cryptids before their description as weird tree kangaroos))

Alfred Russel Wallace honestly deserves to be known better. Absolute legend, as Simon Whistler would say.

Love the video!! Just wanted to do a small correction, Bárbara Freitas is not Spanish she just works in Spain quite often, both Martim Melo and Bárbara are Portuguese. Thanks again for the great video and work!! 😁☺️

The world's smallest water lily (Nymphaea thermarum) Mascarene petrel (Pseudobulweria aterrima) Cafe Marron (Ramosmania rodriguesi)

Did your voice change?

You could do a whole video on animals (moths, bats, birds) that were discovered just because of a newly found weird flower.

Lived around the gulf my whole life and never knew about those whales

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Northern Green Anaconda described from a massive specimen that was discovered in early 2024?

5:22 The African Scops Owl be like: 🤨

Great video, thanks. For some reason Bryde's is pronounced Broo dahs. Weird, huh?

Nice that they named the owl after the park ranger who helped many scientists will selfishly name species after themselves or family members…disregarding the people usually natives of the place that helped them track and discover new species

Great video 👍

"Bone House" Wasp...Sarcophagus means Flesh Eating [box in this case], I believe, in ancient Greek? IT's what they called the boxes in Israel that the bodies of dead Hebrews/Jews would be put into after death. Fitting name for these wasps due to what they do. Of course, the real reason these wasps like to put the ants in their entrances is because they just love the theme to The Pink Panther.

great vid

I rly luv this content

The Drom skull isn’t the right one, the left is a terror bird skull

we have a similar plant like Wollemi pine when i was young in philippines but its just like 7 or 10ft, but now i dont see it anymore, its not like a tree but a big plant

pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee part 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They nerfed Newton's Thunderbird

21:11 - 21:19 As if its Escarpment cousin wasn't doing bad enough.

26:31 I've seen various photos of its Indonesian cousin, but no proper videos (especially since I consider L. menadoensis the lesser known of the two).

The Northern green Anaconda is very doubtful and is likely to be a clade within the species.

6:21 to be fair, I don't blame them for being scared

I ❤ nature :3

Jesus Rivas was first author on the Eunectus paper, not Bryan Fry.

Did you get a new mic? You sound like a whole different person

All I know is that owl seems like a little trouble maker

Green Anacondas can reach lengths around double what you've stated.

I was so sad when the video ended :/

Lizards have more new species found on google recently

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Trees should never be endangered. Humanity sucks, we are literally the worst thing to happen to our world.

The northern green anaconda is not a new species. 3 mitochondrial genes is not enough to define a new species, it only represents a different gene pool, especially when taken into account that mitochondrial DNA is much more volatile than something like nuclear DNA (which the team found no difference in) which would otherwise be a much more reliable indicator of speciation since it evolves much slower. To establish a species, ideally you also need to study its nuclear genome and sample as much as possible. E. akiyama has been accepted as a disputed species in a month with 2 papers criticizing its nomenclature and its criteria for a new species.

Over 1,000 owls in just 5 square miles???

I’m sorry people made you change ur thumbnail I personally thought it was pretty petty but it’s cool you listen to criticism. Since monetization is the difference between this being a job and a hobby I wonder if you can cut some of this content for tik tok considering how monetize able it is. Good luck with everything hope ur throat is healing up well.

I saw a snake manatee, I sent it.

Is this a re upload?

Its probably a stupid question, and i understand that we have breed new species of farm animals and so on ....but im wondering if theres any species that we can confirm has completely evolved into something new within recorded history? I wounder how many species are actually evolving within whats left of nature into something new due to the evolving state of that nature because of humanities influences..... birds and insects seem to be the things most likely to do so ,i know i have seen evidence of birds, dolphins, and primates changing their behaviors because of human influence...😮🤔it would be cool if we could all evolve into living together in harmony, humanity, nature and technology

Wow by total fluke I visited Dauphin Island 3 days before the oil spill. I have heard about the impact for years but didn't know about the whales...

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Different voice???

Is the rices whale made of rice

Does his voice sound different ?

luck , that they are discovered before its to late