Scientists Describe More Than 16,000 New Species a Year — and the Pace Keeps Accelerating

A University of Arizona study finds scientists are discovering 16,000 new species annually — and DNA tools may reveal ...

One Frog Species Turned Out to Be Six or Seven. Scientists Say Billions More May Be Hiding.

For nearly two centuries, a small brown frog living in Southeast Asian rainforests was considered a single, well-understood ...

Scientists are discovering 16,000 new species a year - and the pace is speeding up

Scientists say Earth could contain billions of undiscovered species, and new DNA tools may accelerate discoveries faster than ever.
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The 2026 Whitney Biennial Delivers American Art for a Fractured Age

Across the Biennial, artists trace the afterlives of empire, technological distortion and ecological collapse—theirs is a world struggling to imagine the conditions of its own renewal.