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Which continent has the most animal species?

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A guanaco stands behind red flowered bushes an in front of a snowy mountain range and lake

Scientists have identified and named more than a million animal species, and there are millions more yet to be discovered on Earth’s seven continents. But which continent has the most animal species? For hundreds of years, scientists have been cataloging and geolocating species around the world. Before the digital age, most of our information about … Read more

Lost continent ‘unlike anything found today’ discovered off the coast of Australia

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A landmass that once housed up to half a million people has been discovered off the coast of northern Australia. The now submerged continental shelf was a vast, habitable landscape for much of the past 65,000 years, covering some 390,000 square kilometers – an area larger than New Zealand The scientists who made the landmark … Read more