Discovery of 'cryptic species' shows Earth is even more biologically diverse

Excitement as DNA barcoding technique leads to unmasking of new species tempered with fear that some are already at risk of extinctionCounting the species: how DNA barcoding is rewriting the book of lifeRead more in our series Biodiversity: what happened next?A growing number of “cryptic species” hiding in plain sight have been unmasked in the past year, driven in part by the rise of DNA barcoding, a technique that can identify and differentiate between animal and plant species using