Explorers Find Hundreds Of Undescribed Corals, Other Species On Familiar Australian Reefs

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 13:21 in Biology & Nature

Hundreds of new kinds of animal species surprised international researchers systematically exploring waters off two islands on the Great Barrier Reef and a reef off northwestern Australia -- waters long familiar to divers. The expeditions, affiliated with the global Census of Marine Life, help mark the International Year of the Reef.

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