The Top New Species of 2016
The Illacme tobini millipede has 414 legs and four gonopods—the millipede equivalents of penises.
Humans have made their way to the moon, landed rovers on Mars and sent spacecraft to the outer reaches of the solar system. But the Earth remains a little-known planet. That becomes clear when naturalists look for creatures closer to home and find unknown gems. Here are our favorite new species of 2016.
Johnny’s Favorite Crawler
How many kinds of tarantulas exist in the United States? Until evolutionary biologist Chris Hamilton decided to investigate, nobody knew. He and his colleagues spent much of the past decade looking for tarantulas and sorting through contradictory past studies. The team turned up , mostly in the Southwest..
