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  • Tech – Metro | Over 400 species previously unknown to science discovered last year
  • Undated handout photo issued by the Natural History Museum of new species of moth Yponomeutidae horologa, Yponomeutidae onyxella, Yponomeutidae oromiensis and Yponomeutidae octocentra from eastern Africa. More than 400 new species previously unknown to science have been discovered in the past year by experts at the Natural History Museum. PA Photo. Issue date: Monday December 30, 2019. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Species. Photo credit should read: David J. L Agassiz/Natural History Museum/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    Four new species of moth from eastern Africa were identified in 2019 (PA)

    Over the course of 2019, scientists identified over 400 new species according to the experts at the Natural History Museum.

    These included snakes, beetles and even dinosaurs that had previously been unknown to science.

    New kinds of lichen and marsupials are also among the list of 412 officially recognised new species compiled by the museum's 300 scientists.

    One of the new species – a type of beetle – was named after teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg.

    'Species discovery is always exciting and shows just how much there is still to understand about our planet', said museum director of science, Tim Littlewood.

    Undated handout photo issued by the Natural History Museum of a new species of plant from Brazil named Solanum medusae. More than 400 new species previously unknown to science have been discovered in the past year by experts at the Natural History Museum. PA Photo. Issue date: Monday December 30, 2019. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Species. Photo credit should read: Y.F.Gouvea/Natural History Museum/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    It's not just creatures – this is a new species of plant from Brazil named Solanum medusae. (PA)

    'Learning how evolution has yielded new species able to live in Earth's diverse habitats is awe-inspiring.

    'Sadly, much of that adaptation and biological diversity is now severely threatened and we are losing species faster than we can discover them.

    'We are losing our understanding of the natural world, breaking our own connection with it and the connections that underpin nature's stability.'

    The largest group of newly described species are Coleoptera, or beetles, found in places including Japan, Malaysia, Kenya and Venezuela.

    Dr Michael Darby named one of the Nelloptodes gretae after 16-year-old Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg.

    Undated handout photo issued by the Natural History Museum of Nelloptodes gretae a species of beetle named after the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. More than 400 new species previously unknown to science have been discovered in the past year by experts at the Natural History Museum. PA Photo. Issue date: Monday December 30, 2019. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Species. Photo credit should read: Michael Darby/Natural History Museum/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
    Nelloptodes gretae is a new species of beetle named after the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. (PA)
    FILE PHOTO: Climate change activist Greta Thunberg attends a news conference during a Fridays for Future protest in Turin, Italy December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca/File Photo
    Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has helped to champion the fight against climate change (Reuters)

    Max Barclay, senior curator in charge of Coleoptera at the Natural History Museum, said this was a particularly poignant name.

    'It is likely that undiscovered species are being lost all the time, before scientists have even named them, because of biodiversity loss.

    'So it is appropriate to name one of the newest discoveries after someone who has worked so hard to champion the natural world and protect vulnerable species.'



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