it seems here is no end to the wonders of this planet, new things being discovered all the time .:

Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity, University of Adelaide.


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SYDNEY: Scientists have discovered 850 new species by surveying murky underground waters, caves and 'micro-caverns' in central and southern Australia.

"Our research has revealed whole communities of invertebrate animals that were previously unknown," said evolutionary biologist Andy Austin of the University of Adelaide, in South Australia. "What we have discovered is a completely new component to Australia's biodiversity."

Austin, co-leader of the research team, presented the findings at a conference on evolution and biodiversity in Darwin at the end of last month. The invertebrates, mostly blind and lacking pigment, are thought to represent only one fifth of the number of species waiting to be discovered underground in the Australian outback.

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