Nothing overtly cryptozoological about these tidbits, but I thought I would pass along new evidence that the nature world, in general, is full of surprises, beyond brown sharks. Here’s a couple items about two new species – one a roach and the other a palm tree.

In Practical Fishkeeping, the essence of the news is captured in the headline "New Species of Roach Found":

A new species of roach has been described from western Greece. Bogutskaya and Iliadou described the new species as Rutilus panosi in a paper in Zoosystematica Rossica, after finding it in the Acheloos River drainage in western Greece. The find brings the total number of valid species in the roach genus Rutilus to around 17.

Meanwhile on Las Tunas TV News, the reporter Milenis Torres tells of the "New Palm Tree Species Found in Cuba":

An international botanic expedition has recently discovered a new species of palm tree in the island’s easternmost province. The Coccothrinax torrida, which is the scientific name that has been given to this palm, is a medium-sized plant whose trunk can reach a height of up to 8 meters. According to Raul Verdecia, the Cuban expert that led the team of botanists, this seems to be the only place in Cuba where the Coccothrinax torrida grows. Its name, which means torrid in Latin, comes from the certainty this palm only inhabits high-temperature areas.