Leonardo DiCaprio Instagram – Repost from @calacademy • Happy 2023 from the ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX NEW SPECIES our scientists described in 2022! Allow us to introduce a few: 🦎44 LIZARDS, 28 of which were additions to the genus Bavayia (a group of small forest geckos from the mountains of New Caledonia), more than doubling the number of known species within the genus from 13 to 41. 🫘14 SEA SLUGS including Goniobranchus fabulus, whose name translates to “small bean” & at 1.5 centimeters in length is actually the largest species in this year’s set of nudibranchs. 🌺14 FLOWERING PLANTS, including several new species from the ragged peaks of Brazil’s Campo Rupestre & California’s very own Minnesota Mountain onion, an allium found only on two neighboring peaks. 🐠7 FISHES, from a dazzling yellowtail damselfish & deep sea grenadier to the swoon-worthy rose-veiled fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa), a fish so beautiful it was named for the Maldives’ national flower. 🦂2 SCORPIONS, both native to California and described by two high-school students in partnership with an Academy curator. PS: This one has babies — awww. 🪩PLUS 30 ants, 13 sea stars, 4 beetles, 4 sharks, 3 moths, 3 worms, 2 spiders, 2 lichens, 1 toad, 1 clam, 1 aphid, and 1 sea biscuit! (Phew.) Read the full release at the link in bio, & HAPPY 2023, humans! XO, us & this party-clam, aka Cymatioa cooki 🐜⭐️🪲🦈🦋🪱🕷️🐸🥠