Ecuador Scientists Identify 8,000 New Insect Species

Scientists in Ecuador announced Thursday that they had genetically identified 8,000 new insect species in a protected forest in the Ecuadorian Chocó Andino, a region designated as a World Biosphere Reserve. Researchers used genetic material from specimens collected in the private Mashpi-Tayra reserve, located northwest of Quito, and compared it with genetic information from other […] The post Ecuador Scientists Identify 8,000 New Insect Species appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica Ne...

By AFP