A team of scientists from Conservation International, partnered with A Rocha International and Papua New Guinea's Institute for Biological Research, has revealed more than 200 new species of life that they discovered in a remote region of Papua New Guinea. The findings include new mammals, frogs, insects, plants, and more than 100 arachnids -- some of the species are so distinct that they now belong to new genera.
Most photogenic of the discovered animals is a tube-nosed fruit bat that bears a startling resemblance to the Jedi Master Yoda of the Star Wars films -- no word yet on whether LucasFilm plans to sue the bat for copyright infringement.
"[The new species] should serve as a cautionary message about how much we still don't know about Earth's still hidden secrets and important natural resources, which we can only preserve with coordinated, long-term management," says Conservation International's Leeanne Alonso.
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