New Guinea
A remarkable 1,060 new species - including 580 invertebrates - have been discovered on the island of New Guinea from 1998 to 2008. But poorly planned and unsustainable development - particularly from logging and forest conversion to agriculture - is putting many of these unique creatures at risk, a new WWF study reports.
See some of the species below and read more about some of these recent discoveries...
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