New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study. And the trend shows no sign of slowing with scientists predicting that the ...

New species are being discovered faster than ever before - at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study. And the trend shows no sign of slowing with scientists predicting that the ...

Among the approximately 16,000 new species described every year, roughly 6,000 are insects. Pictured here is a lanternfly from India. About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a ...

The search for life on Earth is speeding up, not slowing down. Scientists are now identifying more than 16,000 new species each year, revealing far more biodiversity than expected across animals, ...

Danie van der LithIn 2020, a scientific publication on ResearchGate highlighted the formal description of a new genus of soil dwelling insects discovered in the Richtersveld. The genus, named Nama in ...