Scientists Discover Hundreds of Unique Species in Africa’s Newest Ecoregion

Following two decades of biological surveys and more than 30 scientific expeditions, groundbreaking research in southern Africa has unearthed a wealth of previously undocumented biodiversity in a newly recognized ecoregion.

The research has involved around 100 specialists from around the world, the results of which are now published in the journal Scientific Reports.

The findings are so significant that scientists from across the world have officially proposed the area as a new ecoregion — the South East Africa Montane Archipelago (SEAMA). The mountains stretch across northern Mozambique to Mount Mulanje in Malawi, southern Africa’s second-highest mountain.