Biology and taxonomy still has its wonders for those who look
hard enough. Researchers at the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für
Naturforschung (SGN) in Frankfurt announced the discovery of
nearly 500 new species in a January 25 media statement. The
organization’s research team was busy locating and describing
the new species throughout 2011 to 2012. They recently revealed
the results of their work, including pictures of some of the
more exotic finds. New Plants, Animals and Fossils A purple crab
and mustard-colored frog are among the most colorful of the 491
new species found by the Senckenberg researchers. Land dwelling
organisms made up the majority, with only 75 of the new species
hailing form ocean habitats. Over half of the new species are
from the Asian continent and roughly 100 are natives of Europe.
The 30 plant species on the list were only a fraction of the
total. Over 300 of the species belonged to the arthropod
taxonomical group. The anthropoda phylum encompasses a diverse
collection of organisms, incl