Top 10 new species for 2013

May 29, 2013

Arizona State University has released its top 10 new species list for 2013. The list includes a glow-in-the-dark cockroach and the smallest vertebrate on Earth, a tiny frog. The creatures on the list were selected by Arizona State University's International Institute for Species Exploration. The university said the institute announces its top 10 list each year in order to bring attention to biodiversity and the field of taxonomy.