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I discovered …

Despite many creatures and habitats disappearing in front of our eyes, the natural world continues to throw out new mysteries and surprises. This series profiles the people discovering strange and wonderful life on our planet

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9 May 2024

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  • Robert Ballard speaking at a conference in California.

    I discovered the wreck of the Titanic – but seeing these vents in the sea floor was far more exciting

    The discovery of underwater hot springs in 1977 solved the mystery of how life first began on Earth, but it was locating the world’s most famous shipwreck that made me a celebrity

21 March 2024

  • Prof Andrew Cunningham inside a lab at London Zoo wearing a lab coat and glasses

    I discovered why seemingly healthy amphibians were being wiped out

    The mass deaths were puzzling scientists around the world – there were no signs of viruses or parasites. Then we looked closely at their skin

7 March 2024

  • Heather Middleton looking for fossils on a rocky beach

    I discovered thousands of fossils after retiring. Now I’m nearly 80 and still going strong

    I’ve built up a collection from a beach in Weymouth that could help to establish what biodiversity in the UK was like over the course of millions of years

22 February 2024

  • Paul Hebert standing in front of a white sheet and holding a UV light in his back yard in Ontario, Canada, 21 February 2024

    I discovered a way to identify the millions of species on Earth after a lightbulb moment in the supermarket

    I developed DNA barcoding in my back yard using a UV light and a white sheet to collect the moths of my childhood. I believe it could help discover all life on the planet

25 January 2024

  • Bela Barata with one of the bromeliads that host the frog.

    I discovered a tiny frog that lives its whole life inside one plant

    Everyone told me there is no water on top of this Brazilian mountain, there won’t be any frogs. Now I’ve dedicated my life to preserving this incredible species

10 January 2024

  • Michael Smith photographed in Frensham Ponds for - I discovered series

    I discovered a tree kangaroo that had only been seen once – by the man who shot it in 1928

    I want people to be excited about the animals I find and get them involved in conservation

4 January 2024

  • The biologist Ekwoge Abwe stands beside some huge leafy plants in the forest.

    I discovered chimps using tools – and people wouldn’t believe me

    The first time I met a great ape in the wild I knew I wanted to dedicate my life to studying primates. Then I saw something that changed our understanding forever

28 December 2023

  • Susanne Lockhart at Windansea Beach in La Jolla, California

    I discovered new life on the bottom of the Southern Ocean

    Most tourists probably don’t know anything about the crazy, wacky communities on the sea floor. It’s an explosion of colour, it really looks like an art gallery down there

21 December 2023

  • Dr Prosanta Chakrabarty, professor of ichthyology, evolution and systematics at Louisiana State University.

    I discovered a cavefish that we named ‘big sickness’ – for good reason

    Unexplored caves can be scary, home to crocodiles, huge eels or tarantulas, but we can also find incredible new life in there

14 December 2023

  • Canadian scientist Doug Larson photographed near his home in Guelph, Ontario.

    I discovered a tiny 700-year-old forest within sight of North America’s busiest highway

    I realised other ancient trees could have survived, right under our noses. In France, they discovered one tree that had started growing before the Romans left
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