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Background: Scientists have been classifying living organisms into their most similar groupings since Aristotle, and they are still naming new species, even arguing about how to decide what a species is yet today. How do we discover and name new species? What makes defining a species so difficult? How do species change over time? Explore.
Look up a scientific news article on the discovery or naming of a new species from a reliable source
What new species is the article talking about? Give it a new scientific name, and tell us what kind of plant/animal/microbe it is. What category does it generally fit into (e.g., sharks, deep-sea fish, yetis)?
-Why did the scientists from this study think this organism deserved to be in its own species?
-How do species and populations within those species changed over time from both an ecological and genetic level?
-Give the name of one of the scientists who studied it, probably someone mentioned in the article. Can you tell what mechanisms they used to study speciation and population?