Updated On: 24 August, 2011 02:59 PM IST | | Agencies
The natural world now contains about 8.7 million species, says a new report described by scientists as the "most accurate ever"
The natural world now contains about 8.7 million species, says a new report described by scientists as the "most accurate ever".
However, the vast majority of species have not been identified. Cataloguing all of them could take more than 1,000 years, according to BBC.