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Lost and found

Telling the stories of species that were thought to have been lost to science but have been 'rediscovered', highlighting the crucial work of conservationists

29 December 2022

  • Atelopus longirostris

    Lost and found: the rediscovery that became ‘Leonardo DiCaprio’s frog’

    The longnose harlequin frog, not seen since the 1980s, was found again in 2016 and has since become a symbol of defiance against mining plans in the Intag Valley

22 December 2022

  • The sculptured toadstool (Amanita sculpta) was not spotted in Singapore fro more than 80 years.

    Lost and found: how a Facebook post led to the ‘chocolate chip’ toadstool

    The sighting of a ‘magnificent’ specimen of the Amanita sculpta, not seen in Singapore for 80 years, shows how the public can aid in conservation efforts

15 December 2022

  • Magnolia emarginata

    Lost and found: how a photographer sniffed out the magnolia species not seen for a century

    Eladio Fernandez was rewarded after an arduous hike up a Haitian mountain, following in the footsteps of the Swedish botanist who last saw the fragrant flower in 1925

8 December 2022

  • The world’s first photo of a Bouvier’s red colobus monkey,

    Lost and found: how a jungle trek led to first photo of fearless, fluffy-cheeked monkey

    Bouvier’s red colobus monkey was ‘rediscovered’ after an expedition up river and through swamps in the Republic of the Congo

1 December 2022

  • A black-browed babbler bird

    Lost and found: twitchers delight at sweet song of the black-browed babbler

    Since the bird was ‘rediscovered’ by accident in Borneo in 2020, ornithologists have returned to study the melodious species last documented more than 170 years ago

24 November 2022

  • An image of the giant river otter captured by a camera trap.

    Lost and found: noisy, tame and very active, Argentina delights in giant otter’s return

    Decades after the world’s biggest otter disappeared from the country, a kayaking trip revealed a lone male swimming in the Bermejo River

17 November 2022

  • Afzelius's crab

    Lost and found: how a single clue led to the rediscovery of a crab not seen for 225 years

    The label on a specimen of Afzelius’s crab, a species last seen in 1796, simply said ‘Sierra Leone’. Scientists headed to the country to see if they could find the land-dwelling crustacean

10 November 2022

  • INDONESIA-NATURE-ENVIRONMENT-ANIMAL-BEE<br>This undated handout picture provided by Global Wildlife Conservation on February 21, 2019, shows entomologist and bee expert Eli Wyman with the first rediscovered individual of Wallaces giant bee (Megachile pluto) in the Indonesian islands of the North Moluccas. - The world's largest bee -- roughly the size of a human thumb -- has been rediscovered in a remote part of Indonesia in its first sighting in nearly 40 years, researchers said on February 21, 2019. Despite its conspicuous size, no one had observed Wallace's giant bee -- discovered in the 19th century by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and nicknamed the "flying bulldog" -- in the wild since 1981, the Global Wildlife Conservation said. (Photo by CLAY BOLT / Global Wildlife Conservation / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / GLOBAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION / CLAY BOLT" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSCLAY BOLT/AFP/Getty Images

    Lost and found: how two dead giant bees on eBay sparked the hunt to find one alive

    Photographer Clay Bolt and entomologist Eli Wyman launched an expedition to find Wallace’s giant bee and ‘rediscovered’ it in Indonesia’s Maluku islands

3 November 2022

  • The nine-person search group stand beside a Quercus tardifolia.

    Lost and found: how police search and rescue tactics helped track down a rare oak

    The last Quercus tardifolia was thought to have died in 2011 – until a team of researchers fanned out and combed through Big Bend national park in Texas

27 October 2022

  • Dr Münevver Oral and Dr Cüneyt Kaya

    Lost and found: stroke of luck that helped rediscover tiny ‘superhero’ fish

    In the first of a new series celebrating the re-emergence of species feared extinct, we follow the story of the Batman River loach, last seen in 1974
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