Top new species of 2011
Lest you feel complacent about our knowledge of the diversity of life on this puny little planet, check out Wired’s list of the most interesting new species discovered in 2011. The highlights: a sawshark which hunts by slicing through schools of fish, then returning to eat them; rare Burmese monkeys notorious for sneezing, and thus exposing themselves to hunters; a self-cloning, all female lizard species first discovered on a restaurant menu; and an evolutionary relic known as an acorn worm. Click here to check out the whole list.
