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800-Plus Marine Species Discovered Within 2 Years

May 7, 2025

Within the past two years, the Ocean Census has discovered 866 new species thanks to an international effort to classify our planet’s oceans. This is a major step forward for ocean conservation, but we still only know of approximately 10% of all of the marine species in the sea.