A PSYCHEDELIC gecko, a fish that looks like a gherkin, and a monkey with an Elvis-like hairstyle are among the more than 200 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region last year, according to environmental group WWF.

A GECKO with leopard-like spots on its body and a fanged frog that eats birds are among 163 new species discovered last year in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, an environmental group said yesterday.

SCIENTISTS have discovered more than 1,000 species in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region in the past decade, including a spider as big as a dinner plate, the World Wildlife Fund said yesterday.

NINE-TENTHS of the orangutan population has been lost from Borneo and Sumatra over the past 100 years, wildlife campaigners warned yesterday.

The main food source for Antarctic blue whales is under threat from the melting polar ice cap caused by climate change, wildlife campaigners have warned today.