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Old November 13th, 2017 #5
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The Lord Howe stick insect is officially back from the dead

DNA evidence shows the insects survived what scientists thought was an extinction


It’s a rare triumph when a species comes back from the dead. A new genetic analysis has officially established what many entomologists and conservation biologists hoped was true: The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) lives.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/...ect-extinction