"Together with local students, conservationists and members of the public, we discovered two snail species new to science in northwestern Montenegro." — #NatGeoExplorer and cave biologist Iva Njunjić (cavernella) "We decided to name them after the places where they were discovered: Cochlostoma dobrido, after the Dobri Do Plateau on Durmitor Mountain, and Cochlostoma komarnica, after the Komarnica Canyon. For us, these names are more than scientific labels — they are a way of giving these places a voice and drawing attention to the extraordinary biodiversity they hold. This discovery is a reminder of how much biodiversity in this part of the Balkans remains undocumented and invisible to the public. But it also highlights what is at stake: the Komarnica Canyon is still unprotected and threatened. At a time when species are disappearing faster than we can document them, we simply cannot afford to sacrifice places like Komarnica — a refuge for rare and endemic species and biodiversity we...