PUERTO MOLDONADO, Peru, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A wealth of new, previously undocumented species have been discovered in a protected national park in southeastern Peru, wildlife conservationists say.
Fifteen researchers participating in the inventory focusing on plant life, insects, birds, mammals, and reptiles in the Bahuaja Sonene National Park have identified 365 species, a release from the U.S.-based Wildlife Conservation Society said Thursday.