Thousands of new species being discovered every year — faster than ever before
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 biodiversity among some groups — such as plants, fungi, arachnids, fish and amphibians — is richer than originally believed.
Around 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out to identify and name every living organism on Earth.
Now celebrated as the father of modern taxonomy, he developed the binomial naming system and described more than 10,000 species of plants and animals.
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