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☆ De Winton’s golden mole rediscovered after nearly 100 years
  + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
CNN —A blind golden mole that glides through sand has been rediscovered in South Africa, 87 years after wildlife experts feared it had gone extinct. A beach in the northwest of South Africa where De Winton's golden moles are living. The challenge was pinpointing if De Winton’s golden mole was one of them. Common species, such as Cape golden mole and Grant’s golden mole were easily identifiable, but since there was only one De Winton’s golden mole reference DNA available, the team could not confidently identify it. De Winton’s golden mole is the 11th of its “most-wanted lost species” rediscovered since the program launched in 2017.
Persons: CNN —, JP Le Roux, eDNA, De, ”, Samantha Mynhardt, Jessie –, Nicky Souness, Cobus Theron, Christina Biggs, “, Theron Organizations: CNN, Wildlife Trust, University of Pretoria, Stellenbosch University, EWT Locations: South Africa, Port Nolloth, Cape
☆ US researchers jubilant after rediscovering a bird lost to science for 140 years in Papua New Guinea
  + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Scientists from the American Bird Conservancy have rediscovered a rare bird not documented since 1882. The bird only lives on Ferguson Island, off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Researchers installed camera traps on Fergusson Island, Papua New Guinea, with the results showing the rare black-naped pheasant-pigeon strutting in the images. Seeing the images was like "finding a unicorn," said John C. Mittermeier, Director of the Lost Birds program at the American Bird Conservancy and co-leader of the expedition. Christina Biggs, Manager for the Search for Lost Species at Re:wild, said, "This rediscovery is an incredible beacon of hope for other birds that have been lost for a half-century or more."
☆ Long-lost pigeon species 'rediscovered' in Papua New Guinea
  + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. Rediscovering the bird required an expedition team to spend a grueling month on Fergusson, a rugged island in the D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago off eastern Papua New Guinea where the bird was originally documented. The team consisted of local staff at the Papua New Guinea National Museum as well as international scientists from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the American Bird Conservancy. Many members of the community told the team that they hadn’t seen the black-naped pheasant-pigeon in decades, says the news release. So the expedition team placed a camera on a 3,200-foot high ridge near the Kwama River above Duda Ununa, according to the release.
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