From sea slugs to sunflowers, California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species in 2025

Mongabay
Jan 9, 2026, 4:47 am184 ptsTrendingTop
Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences kept busy throughout 2025. Along with collaborators from across the globe, they described 72 new-to-science species from six continents — creatures living in unexplored ocean depths, in plain sight on the Galápagos Islands, and in a U.S. national park. The…

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