Wow, this is great. Just found out that in 2011, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 140 new relatives to our planet’s family tree. The new species include 72 arthropods, 31 sea slugs, 13 fishes, 11 plants, nine sponges, three corals, and one reptile. These findings were described by more than a dozen Academy scientists along with dozens of international collaborators.

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