ASIA’S BIO-FRONTIER AT RISK

COSMICLOG
A new report crowns Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region as one of the world’s hottest spots for biodiversity, with more than 1,000 previously undocumented species discovered over the past decade. But it’s also a hot spot for economic development, which sets up a race to protect what is clearly a biological bonanza.
In all, roughly 25,000 species [...]