First census of marine life reveals thousands of new species
Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
The Census of Marine Life, a ten-year project to catalog all life in the sea, discovered more than 6,000 new species during its decade of discovery, scientists reported as they unveiled its results at a finale event in London Oct. 4-6. The collaboration combined the efforts of scientists from research organizations in more than 80 nations, including the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).