New Aquatic Species Found in Hawaii

November 1, 2006

(AP) -- Researchers on a three-week mission to the remote French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands discovered 100 species never seen in the area before, including many that may be entirely new to science.

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