Among 412 new species finds this year – the Greta Thunberg beetle
by PA Media from Science | The Guardian on (#4X780)
Discoveries by Natural History Museum in 2019 include lichen, snakes and extinct dinosaurs
More than 400 new species previously unknown to science have been discovered in the past year by experts at the Natural History Museum.
Species described and named for the first time in 2019 include 171 beetles found around the world, one of which was named in honour of the teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg.
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