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Giant otter thought to be extinct in Argentina resurfaces. Literally

Mongabay.com 26 May 2021

An owl not seen in over a century makes a brief return — then vanishes again

Romi Castagnino 13 May 2021

One-hit wonder frog makes a comeback in the southern Philippines

Leilani Chavez 1 Mar 2021

Mystery bird not seen in 172 years makes surprise reappearance in Borneo forest

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Feb 2021

On a Philippine volcano, an eruption-proof mouse rules the roost

Leilani Chavez 23 Feb 2021
Pit Viper in striking mode. The 'mountain fer-de-lance' is a new species of pit viper that was discovered on the Zongo RAP survey. It has since been described as Bothrops monsignifer. Bothrops is a genus of pit vipers endemic to Central and South America. The generic name, Bothrops, is derived from the Greek words βόθρος, bothros, meaning "pit", and ώπς, ops, meaning "eye" or "face", together an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs.

[Photos] Tiny frog, venomous viper among 20 new species described in Bolivia

Liz Kimbrough 14 Dec 2020
A trail camera captures a rare shot of a New Guinea singing dog in 2016. These pictures were the first solid evidence that the dogs were present around Grasberg mine. Photo credit: James McIntyre.

The New Guinea singing dog, once thought extinct, is alive in the wild

Freda Kreier 1 Dec 2020

A chameleon not seen in a century reappears in a Madagascar garden

Mongabay.com 2 Nov 2020
Burmese roofed turtle moments after emerging from an egg collected from a sandbank along the Chindwin River and incubated at a head-starting facility in Limpha village, Sagaing region, Myanmar. Photo by Myo Min Win/WCS Myanmar (Platt et al 2020).

Back from the brink, baby Burmese roofed turtles make their debut

Liz Kimbrough 28 Aug 2020

Elephant shrew ‘lost’ to science for 52 years is ‘rediscovered’ in Africa

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 18 Aug 2020

Three new species of chameleons emerge from centuries-old entanglement

Malavika Vyawahare 20 Mar 2020

Rabbit-sized, deer-like species of fanged ungulate rediscovered in Vietnam

Mongabay.com 18 Nov 2019

Scientists rediscover mammalian oddity in remote Vietnam

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2019

150 years after being discovered, African monkey with handlebar moustache becomes its own species

Mike Gaworecki 16 Mar 2018

Moth rediscovered in Malaysia mimics appearance and behavior of bees to escape predators

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jan 2018

Monkey rediscovered in Brazil after 80 years

Christina Selby 9 Aug 2017

Footprints in the forest: The future of the Sumatran rhino

John Cannon 23 Jun 2017

Thylacine survey: Are we going to rediscover the ‘moonlight tiger’?

Jeremy Hance 26 May 2017

‘Lost & Found’: Telling the stories of rediscovered species

Mike Gaworecki 21 Apr 2017

‘Racing against time’ to save the taguá and its vanishing Chaco home

John Cannon 5 Jan 2017

Was Borneo once a land of tigers?

Taufik Wijaya 7 Nov 2016

One of the last Bornean rhinos dies in Kalimantan

Rahmadi Rahmad 6 Apr 2016

Expedition in the Congo rediscovers lost primate

Jeremy Hance 14 Apr 2015

Scientists rediscover endangered Andean toad in Ecuador

Joanna Parkman 30 Jan 2015

Scientists rediscover Critically Endangered streamside frog in Costa Rica

Victor Montoro 26 Dec 2014

The Search for Lost Frogs: one of conservation’s most exciting expeditions comes to life in new book

Jeremy Hance 30 Oct 2014

In the shadows of Machu Picchu, scientists find ‘extinct’ cat-sized mammal

Jeremy Hance 25 Sep 2014

Thought wiped out by climate change, ‘extinct’ snail rediscovered in Seychelles

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 Sep 2014

PhD students ‘thrilled’ to rediscover mammal missing for 124 years

Jeremy Hance 11 Jun 2014

The smoothtooth blacktip shark and four other species rediscovered in markets

Frank Izaguirre 21 Jan 2014

Not seen in over 130 years, ‘extinct’ frog rediscovered in Sri Lanka

Jeremy Hance 10 Jan 2014

Naturalist rediscovers the long-lost night parrot

Karl Mathiesen 16 Jul 2013

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