Season salmon with salt and pepper. Place salmon, skin side down, on a non-stick baking sheet or in a non-stick pan with an oven-proof handle. Bake until salmon is cooked through, about 12 to 15 minutes. Serve with the Toasted Almond Parsley Salad and squash, if desired. Mince the shallot and add to a small bowl.
Scroll down for video. Scientists have discovered 1,451 new species in our oceans in the past year alone, according to an international audit of the seas, including the frilled shark (pictured) which was found off the coast of Namibia. The Indonesian Psychedelic Frog Fish (pictured) was found off Ambon Island in Indonesia by marine experts.
Eight million, seven hundred thousand species! (Give or take 1.3 million.). That is a new, estimated total number of species on Earthâthe most precise calculation ever offeredâwith 6.5 million species found on land and 2.2 million dwelling in the ocean depths.Until now, the number of species on Earth was said to fall somewhere within the large range of 3 and 100 million.The new study, published yesterday in the open access journal PLoS Biology, says a staggering 86% of all species on land and 91% of those in the seas have yet to be discovered, described and catalogued.ntil now, the number of species on Earth was said to fall somewhere within the large range of 3 and 100 million. The new study, published yesterday in the open access journal PLoS Biology, says a staggering 86% of all species on land and 91% of those in the seas have yet to be discovered, described and catalogued.