Giant butterfly thought to be extinct in Britain since 1960s has been found

Giant butterfly thought to be extinct in Britain since 1960s has been found breeding in the country again The Large Tortoiseshell, pictured, disappeared from woodlands in the 1960s Two groups of larvae have been discovered by conservationists on elm trees  Hoped they will produce two dozen butterflies – the UK’s first colony in 50 years  … Read more

Scientist’s discover extinct native Gould’s mouse found living on islands off Western Australia

An ‘extinct’ native mouse thought to have been wiped out more than 150 years ago is found thriving on islands off Australia Native Gould’s mouse thought to be extinct found thriving on islands off WA  Species common and widespread prior to European settlement in Australia It was named after English ornithologist John Gould’s wife, Elizabeth  … Read more

Tiny ‘zombie fish’ declared EXTINCT 20 years ago is found in country Victoria at Kerang

Tiny ‘zombie fish’ declared EXTINCT 20 years ago is found hiding in a country lake – leaving wildlife experts baffled Southern purple spotted gudgeon was declared extinct in Victoria in 1998 Dubbed ‘Victoria’s zombie fish’ by regional land and water authority The small fish – which grows to 15cm – is endangered in the rest of Australia  … Read more

Tiny ‘zombie fish’ declared EXTINCT 20 years ago is found in country Victoria at Kerang

Tiny ‘zombie fish’ declared EXTINCT 20 years ago is found hiding in a country lake – leaving wildlife experts baffled Southern purple spotted gudgeon was declared extinct in Victoria in 1998 Dubbed ‘Victoria’s zombie fish’ by regional land and water authority The small fish – which grows to 15cm – is endangered in the rest of Australia  … Read more

Extinct human species evolved rapidly to survive a period of climate change 2 million years ago

A species of ancient human that lived two million years ago was forced to evolve and change its physical traits in order to survive climate change.  The emergence of Paranthropus robustus happened roughly at the same time as the more primitive hominin species Australopithecus died out. It is believed this period of rapid change in South … Read more

Scientists using stem cells to rescue the nearly extinct Sumatran rhino, who number less than 80

The Sumatran rhinoceros once thrived in rain forests and swamps across India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China. Their numbers have fallen dangerously low in recent decades, though, the result of poaching, habitat loss, and fragmentation – leading the creature being classified as ‘critically endangered.’  Less 80 than survive, according to Save the Rhino, and all … Read more

Sharks are ‘functionally extinct’ from one-in-five coral reefs, according to comprehensive survey

Sharks are ‘functionally extinct’ from one-in-five coral reefs, according to comprehensive three-year survey A global survey paints a gloomy portrait of reef sharks populations In a three-year survey of  371 reefs around the world scientists found that almost 20 percent didn’t harbor a single reef shark Overfishing and human populations density are the biggest factors … Read more

Chinese volcano thought extinct may be ‘recharging’ to eruption

Volcano in China that was believed to be extinct may now be ‘recharging,’ experts say after discovering chambers filled with molten lava beneath the surface Experts created a 3D map underneath the  Wieshan volcano in China The volcano last erupted 500,000 years ago and was said to be extinct Following the analysis, the team found two … Read more

Scientists rediscover a rare type of blue bee in Florida, once presumed to be extinct

Scientists rediscover a rare type of ‘blue’ bee in Florida, which had been presumed extinct for four years after commercial citrus farms eroded its natural habitat A solitary bee species that hadn’t been seen since 2016 was rediscovered The blue calamintha bee was rediscovered in Florida by university researchers The bee had seen its natural … Read more

Extinct ‘extra-terrestrial equivalent of the Rhine’ spotted on Mars

‘Extra-terrestrial equivalent of the Rhine’: First evidence of a major RIVER on Mars is discovered in 3.7 billion-years-old sedimentary rocks preserved in exposed cliff-faces Astronomers studied a 650ft cliff face in a crater on the surface of Mars  It had marks which revealed a river flowed there around 3.7billion years ago   It is unknown how … Read more