Retired Volunteer Discovers New Tardigrade Species in New York Moss Sample
Judy Dobles, a retired Kodak finance worker and longtime volunteer, discovered a previously unknown animal species after collecting moss from a log at New York's Cumming Nature Center. She identified the organism by examining the sample under a microscope. The new species, a tardigrade, was formally recognised approximately a year after its discovery. It has been named Mesocrista ojagwaji and represents a new addition to the growing list of tardigrades found in New York. The find underscores how much microscopic life on Earth remains undiscovered and unstudied.
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