Meet the animals that came back from “extinction”
While animals and plants have always come and gone, we have seen a huge increase in the number of vertebrate animals that have disappeared since the 16th century—almost all because of human-related changes such as loss of habitat or over-hunting. Now with climate change, more species than ever Read More...
Scientists rediscover tiny elephant shrew species after 50 years
Have you ever heard of the mouse-sized elephant shrew? Neither had we, probably because it has been lost to science for 50 years. The elephant shrew, also known as a Somali sengi, mates for life, can race around at 30km/h, and sucks up ants with its trunk-like nose. But it had not been documented Read More...