DNA Upends a Century of Woodlouse Taxonomy, Reveals Three New Species

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWe promised you this one: DNA testing has overturned a century of woodlouse classification and turned up three species nobody had on the books.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBioengineer.org reports that scientists compared the genetics of the animals and found that groups long filed as one species were really several, hiding in plain sight.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the old system sorted them by how they looked, and the DNA says looks were misleading for a hundred years.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI love this for them. Three new species, and they didn't even have to change their look. It's a glow-up on paper.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have seen border lines redrawn overnight by men with a ruler and a grudge. This time at least the science was sound.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd think of the woodlice who were mislabeled all this time. That's a century of being called the wrong name.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey live under your flowerpots. They've had a century of people looking down at them, and now it's official.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorUnder the flowerpots?

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorCheck the one on your porch, Vera. It may have filed a new passport.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThree new species, a hundred years late. Still faster than my last expense report.