As many as 91 new species were discovered in Vietnam in 2020, including 85 endemic species, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in its report issued on January 26.

The rare Annamite striped rabbit has been found in Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park (Bidoup NP), located just 20km from Da Lat City.

Four new species of camellia (a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae) and Begonia (a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family of Begoniaceae) – have been found in Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park in Lam Dong province.

A new species of damselfly was recently discovered in two national parks in the neighbouring provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh in central Vietnam.

A group of biological scientists and researchers from the central city’s Science and Education College together with two professors from Belgium and Thailand have found five new rotifer species after research conducted in Vietnam from 2013.

A rainbow-headed snake and a dragon-like lizard are among 163 new species that scientists recently discovered in the Greater Mekong region, conservation group WWF said on Monday, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam must improve its ability to control invasive alien species (IAS), participants said at a workshop on Wednesday in Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In addition to long legs, the Goniurosaurus gecko genus has beautiful skin that is attractive to people who like to own them as pets.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Russian scientists recently announced the discovery of two spotted toad species in Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong, in central Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 99 new species have been found in Viet Nam, according to a World Wildlife Fund report released last Thursday.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources has recently announced a new scorpion species found in Dien Bien Province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and foreign scientists have announced their discoveries of a new species of orchid in Ninh Thuan, a new species of frog in Kon Tum and a new species of cicada in Lao Cai.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists have recently announced two new camellia species in Lam Dong and Dong Nai provinces.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists recently announced a new gecko species in the Ba Na - Nui Chua Nature Reserve in Da Nang City.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists recently discovered a new species of toad at altitude of about 2,800, near the top of Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochina.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists recently announced a new gecko species based on specimens collected in the karst forest of Cao Bang Province, northern Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese scientists have discovered a new species of Phallus mushrooms in the Bidoup - Nui Ba National Park in the central highland province of Lam Dong.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources has discovered a new species of scorpions in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Three scientists at the Vietnam Museum of Nature and the Saint Petersburg Institute of Zoology, Russia has discovered and made public a new species of venomous snake.