{
  "id": 5359456,
  "title": "Retired Kodak worker picked moss from New York log and discovered new animal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/retired-kodak-worker-picked-moss-from-new-york-log-and-discovered-new",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T14:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/a-retired-kodak-finance-worker-picked-moss-from-a-new-york-log-and-found-an-animal-no-one-had-seen-before-a-year-later-scientists-confirmed-it-as-a-new-tardigrade-species/articleshow/133733776.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A retired Kodak finance worker and longtime volunteer, Judy Dobles, discovered a previously unknown tardigrade species after collecting moss from a log at New York’s Cumming Nature Center and examining it under a microscope. The species was formally recognised about a year later. Named Mesocrista ojagwaji, it adds to the growing list of tardigrades identified in New York and highlights how much…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}