Scientists find giant marine life and potential new species in Antarctic sea survey
Scientists found potential new species at the Ross sea (between Antarctica and New Zealand). Cruises to destination of remote locations often yield similar result. It’s still common belief that the wonder of science is discovering new species. There must be something majestic (self-centered?) to the fact that your name is attached everywhere the species is mentioned (in print)? But this is far from the truth, and has been for quite some time. The erra of describing species is over, at least for now. While molecular techniques offer a fesh new look at the species concept and recognition, it’s far from applicaple on a massive and field scale. A lot of the morphological identification has been done in the past century. Today, a lot of people are not pursuing to find new species, but work with ecology (interaction of species with other species and environment), physiology and recently most pronunced, genetics, instead. Which is just a step forward in the race for knowledge.
A lot of new species awaits us in the ocean deeps, the forrest darks and mountain colds, but even more new knowledge is stored within and between them.
