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Podcast: Mongabay Newscast
Episode: Top new species discoveries of 2016, and how fig trees can save rainforests
Description: This being the last Mongabay Newscast of 2016, we're bringing you the top new species discoveries of the year. Here at Mongabay we report on a lot of environmental science and conservation news. It's not always the most cheery subject matter, especially when we're reporting on endangered or extinct species. But it's important to remember that we're also discovering new species all the time. Mongabay staff writer Shreya Dasgupta rounded up all of the top new species discovered in 2016, including 13 new dancing peacock spiders, a crab that was discovered in a pet market, a new species of whale...