rediscovered species

So start off the New Year, one of the 25 Top Lost Species from Re:Wild has been rediscovered, Omiltemi Cottontail Rabbit. Rabbit lost for 120 years found hopping around in the mountains

The Search for Lost Sharks Looking beneath the waves for those who play a vital role in the health of our ocean ecosystems Sharks and rays are among the most threatened vertebrate species in the world. Thirty-six percent of all 1,250 known species are threatened with extinction. Together, Re...

Around the world, more than 130 species of birds, or about one percent, are considered “lost.” At least a decade has passed since each of these species were last confirmed by photographs, sound recordings, or physical documentation. To identify, promote, and rediscover these species, American...

To start off the New Year, The leopard Barbel is the second species on Re:wild and SHOAL’s most wanted lost fishes list to be rediscovered. Rediscovery of lost leopard-spotted fish in Türkiye spurs hope in the midst of global freshwater fish decline

All around the world, freshwater fish face multiple stressors that have caused populations to plummet and, for all kinds of reasons, once discovered species have fallen off our radar. These Lost Fishes are species that have gone unseen for years – even decades – and are feared possibly extinct...

Rediscovery after 51 years of a tree-frog in Brazil : Rediscovery of the rare Phrynomedusa appendiculata (Lutz, 1925) (Anura: Phyllomedusidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil | Zootaxa

To start off the new year of recovery of 2021, the first rediscovered animal is found in my home state of California in Santa Catalina Island which I plan to go to soon, after not being seen for 15 years, elusive and endemic Santa Catalina Island Shrew (subspecies of Ornate Shrew) has been...

From an episode from Animal Planet’s Extinct or Alive While shooting footage for Season 2 in Zimbabwe in 2019, the team collected DNA samples from an abnormally large lion that had recently been sighted in the area. Upon analyzing the DNA, the male was found to have 14% different DNA from a...