Sunday, September 15, 2024

750 new species identified in Australia

Mind blowing!

"More than 750 new native species were identified last year as the Albanese Government invests $2 million to support further taxonomy research.

Among the new species added to the Australian National Species List in 2023 were the Western Laughing Tree Frog, which laughs rather than croaks, an intertidal marine worm named after Sir David Attenborough, and an orb spider named after Tom Hardy’s Marvel character, Venom.

Many of these new animal, plant and fungi species were identified and classified as part of 10 projects funded under the Australian Biological Resources Study’s National Taxonomy Research Grant Program (NTRGP) in 2023-24. ..."

Hundreds of new species identified in Australia | Ministers


Western Laughing Tree Frog


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