New Species in the Old World

Pierre Queney scans the water for aquatic beetles at Mercantour National Park in southeastern France.

The last place you’d expect to find a new treasure is where everyone has been looking for centuries. Yet in Europe, home to history’s greatest taxonomists, professional scientists and amateurs are scouring the countryside for new species – and finding them at an astonishing rate.

My story, in partnership with NOVA, aired last week on PRI’s (click The World. It was also featured on the BBC.

This team of professional and amateur scientists are part of a growing army fanning out across Europe in search of new species.

~ by Ari Daniel on February 19, 2013.

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