Year’s Top 10 New Species Revealed
- 8 years ago
Of the nearly 18,000 new species discovered in the past year, here are the top 10, according to the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Many scientists believe there could be upwards of 10 million unidentified species out there in the wild, but every year researchers make a significant dent in that daunting number.
Of the nearly 18,000 discovered in the past year, here are the top 10, according to the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Number 10. Chelonoidis donfaustoi, Galapagos, Ecuador. While the area’s tortoises have long been known to exhibit notable differences from one another, this is the first to be declared as a sort all its own.
Number 9. Drosera magnifica, Brazil. A member of the famed sundew genus, this rather large carnivorous plant lives in a very small and fragile region of the South American nation. Conservationists already fear for its sur
Many scientists believe there could be upwards of 10 million unidentified species out there in the wild, but every year researchers make a significant dent in that daunting number.
Of the nearly 18,000 discovered in the past year, here are the top 10, according to the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Number 10. Chelonoidis donfaustoi, Galapagos, Ecuador. While the area’s tortoises have long been known to exhibit notable differences from one another, this is the first to be declared as a sort all its own.
Number 9. Drosera magnifica, Brazil. A member of the famed sundew genus, this rather large carnivorous plant lives in a very small and fragile region of the South American nation. Conservationists already fear for its sur