New species found in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Scientists have found two mammals believed new to science on the latest expedition to an almost lost world in Indonesia's Papua province Conservation International (CI)said in a statement on Monday.

Scientists from CI and the Indonesia Institute of Science (LIPI)visited the Foja Mountains in June 2007, following a first trip to the area in late 2005 that saw them discover dozens of new plants and animals. Full story

BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists explorng a tropical forest in Western Africa have discovered two rare species of primates, eight new species of katydids, 17 rare butterfly species, wild birds such as the brown-cheeked hornbill and a critically endangered frog species.

The findings came from a 2006 expedition to Ghana's Atewa Range Forest Reserve (Atewa) led by Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program and were presented in a report made public Thursday.