For instance, Indigenous people often know about species long before they are “discovered” by Western science. Scientists have discovered 20 new species in the Zongo Valley of the Bolivian Andes. It is also important to note that although a species may be new to science, it may already be well known to locals and have a common name. Taxonomists (scientists that classify species) describe thousands and thousands of new extant (living) species every year, and 2021 has seen some amazing new discoveries, including impressive spiders in Papua New Guinea named after the activist Greta Thunberg and a tiny chameleon in Madagascar. Although the nation of Wakanda exists only in the Marvel Comics universe as superhero Black. “There is something immensely unethical and troubling about humans driving species extinct without ever even having appreciated their existence and given them consideration,” said Walter Jetz, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Yale University. Here are some of their favorites A fish called Wakanda. Unfortunately, though, many new species of plants, fungi, and animals are assessed as vulnerable or critically endangered. These are potential sources of food, medicines, and other solutions. This year, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences named 146 new species, including: 44 lizards, 30 ants, 14 sea slugs, 14 flowering plants, 13 sea stars, seven fishes, four beetles, four sharks, three moths, three worms, two scorpions, two spiders, two lichens, one toad, one clam, one aphid, and one sea biscuit.Īround 2,000 new species of plants and fungi are found each year, according to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Eduardo Surez-Morales dissected the tiny creature and confirmed the Canadian Arctics first, true monster: Monstrillopsis planifrons, or flat headed monster. “Based on our analysis, a conservative estimate would be that there are hundreds of species of mammals worldwide that have yet to be identified,” Bryan Carstens, a professor at The Ohio State University, told the US news platform Mongabay.
Most of these hidden species are likely bats, rodents, shrews, moles, and hedgehogs. Even among mammals – the most well-known group of animals – scientists think that we have only found 80 per cent of species. Scientists estimate that only 10 per cent of all the species on the planet have been described. In this well-trodden world, finding a new species is a glimpse of the uncharted riches of biodiversity still hidden around the globe.
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