"What on Earth? is a compendium of the hundred coolest, weirdest, and most intriguing new species of this century as determined by the International Institute for Species Exploration. From animals to plants, fossils to bacteria, What on Earth? is an accessible, informative, and offbeat look at the creatures that also call our planet home.
Featuring visually striking images alongside surprising facts about each new species, What on Earth? is a testament to the incredible and ever-evolving diversity of our planet.
Featuring visually striking images alongside surprising facts about each new species, What on Earth? is a testament to the incredible and ever-evolving diversity of our planet.
The giant cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion from caves of Portugal - Titanobochica magna Zaragoza & Reboleira, 2010 - was selected as one of the 100 amazing new species of Earth. This incredible pseudoscorpion is featured as the first species of the 8th Chapter: Going to Extremes - new species from the most extreme environments.
Reference:
Wheeler Q. & Pennak S. (2013). What on Earth?: 100 of Our Planet's Most Amazing New Species. Penguin Books, 276 pp.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
QUENTIN WHEELER and SARA PENNAK are both professors at Arizona State University and work at the International Institute for Species Exploration.
Reference:
Wheeler Q. & Pennak S. (2013). What on Earth?: 100 of Our Planet's Most Amazing New Species. Penguin Books, 276 pp.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
QUENTIN WHEELER and SARA PENNAK are both professors at Arizona State University and work at the International Institute for Species Exploration.
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