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Robert May, a famed ecologist, posed a hypothetical question to the scientific community 15 years ago - if an alien spaceship landed on Earth, one of the first questions they would likely ask would be ...

Even as some scientists search for signs of life beyond Earth, other researchers have been discovering new species on our own humble planet faster than ever before. From high up in the mountains to ...