Tag - Near-Extinction

Rare Insect Makes Remarkable Comeback from Near-Extinction

Lord Howe Island Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis) (Zoos Victoria)Just 20 to 30 'tree lobsters' are left in their natural habitat, and this vulnerable group was found again in 2001, 80 years after being thought extinct.The wild Lord Howe Island stick insects (Dryococelus australis) currently cling to survival on Ball's Pyramid, a nearly vertical volcanic outcrop.San...