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The World's Rarest Insect Is Back After A Shipwreck Threatened Its Existence
But then there are plenty of other animals that have miraculously come back from the brink of extinction, and one such animal is the Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis), one of ...
The Scientist7y
Gigantic “Tree Lobsters” Not Extinct After All
“The stick insect [story] illustrates the fragility of island ecosystems ... In 2001, a survey of Ball’s Pyramid, the remains of a large volcano about 20 kilometers away from Lord Howe Island, turned ...
Sydney Morning Herald7y
Riddle in the Pacific
The Lord Howe Island stick insect was once thought to be extinct, before being discovered by chance on Ball’s Pyramid several decades ago. How this flightless phasmid made the journey to this ...
Australian Geographic4y
Category: Creature Features
They have a great nickname but their story is an unhappy one. There are only an estimated 30 or less Lord Howe Island stick insects left.