New species

According to an article on cosmosmagazine.com, 123 new species have been discovered on Borneo island over the past three years.

New species can provide subject matter for a range of cinema and fiction, from the blood orchid in Anaconda to the giant gorilla in Mighty Joe Young or the extra terrestrials in District 9.

They can be used to inject specific types of scientific subject matter into a story, whether related to biology, psychology across species, immunology (for viruses and disease carrying organisms) and so on.