A shiny black insect returns from the dead and inspires intercontinental collaboration to make its way back home.
Lord Howe Island, a UNESCO World Heritage site several miles off the coast of Australia, was once home to numerous endemic species found nowhere else on Earth. Among them were stick insects that had historically been so abundant fishermen used them as bait. When rats arrived with a grounded ship in 1918, sightings of these stick insects declined precipitously. By the early 1930s, they were presumed to be extinct.
https://therevelator.org/species-spotlight-lord-howe/
Lord Howe Island, a UNESCO World Heritage site several miles off the coast of Australia, was once home to numerous endemic species found nowhere else on Earth. Among them were stick insects that had historically been so abundant fishermen used them as bait. When rats arrived with a grounded ship in 1918, sightings of these stick insects declined precipitously. By the early 1930s, they were presumed to be extinct.
https://therevelator.org/species-spotlight-lord-howe/