Last year the Institute for Species exploration brought us Planet Bob, a video explaining that "Taxonomy is only important if you live on this planet." A little over a month ago the Institute released its State of Observed Species (SOS) report, which "reports the discovery of 16,969 new species." An international committee of scientists, headed by my friend and colleague Janine Caira, chose ten of them as the Top 10 New Species described 2007.
This morning I noticed that C|Net News.com had picked up the story. That's even better news for those of us who care about biodiversity than a story in the Hartford Courant about fairy shrimp.
This morning I noticed that C|Net News.com had picked up the story. That's even better news for those of us who care about biodiversity than a story in the Hartford Courant about fairy shrimp.
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