#lostspecies
On #LostSpecies Day, there are 10,855 species now categorized as 'critically endangered' or 'extinct in the wild' on the IUCN Red List. Don't let them go the way of the aurochs.
Finally managed to visit this monument, dedicated to the last aurochs, hunted outside Warsaw nearly 400 years ago.
Since we're well into the 6th mass extinction, there must be some memorialization for other bygone species, right?
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
FOUND: After it was believed to be extinct for 5,000 years, the Leaf-toed Gecko of the Galápagos has been rediscovered! 🦎 #lostspecies #gecko #breakingnews
July 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Scientists have confirmed the rediscovery of the long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi) in #Indonesia after 62 years, highlighting the survival of this 200-million-year-old egg-laying mammal.

#LostSpecies #Rediscovered
June 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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May 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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🧐 #DYK there are 200+ chameleon species—and nearly half live in Madagascar! Our fave? The Voeltzkow’s Chameleon, rediscovered after 100+ years. 🌈 #LostSpecies #ChameleonDay #worldchameleonday
May 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
March 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Congratulations Trevor and Kyle on this upcoming book about a #lostspecies with an INCREDIBLE story that will forever live on in our hearts. June can’t come fast enough! 💛🌟🤩✨
#searchforlostspecies #goldentoad
Honored to announce that “The Golden Toad: An Ecological Mystery and the Search for a Lost Species” will be published by @diversionbooks.bsky.social this June! Written by me and Kyle Ritland, with art by Daniel Wesson and support from @rewildorg.bsky.social (plus a TON of support from Monteverde)…
March 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Some good news in the birding world... #birds #lostspecies #nature
Two birds previously lost to science, the Sira Barbet and Peruvian Solitaire, were recently observed in Peru during an expedition led by the NGO GECO Nature in July 2024. 🪶
March 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Here’s looking at shrew kid! ✨🐀
The elusive Mount Lyell Shrew has been rediscovered in Yosemite National Park, charming us with glam shots for the first time since 1964! #searchforlostspecies #lostspecies
More: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
See the First-Ever Photographs of the Elusive Mount Lyell Shrew, Finally Caught on Camera in California
A group of young researchers captured and photographed the animal on a three-day expedition to the Eastern Sierra Nevada
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
On #LostSpecies day, worth reflecting on what we've lost locally.
E.g. Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia). It's insectivorous, and lives in very low nutrient wetlands. Last recorded in Lye Valley in 1964, now extinct in Oxon.
We hope to get it back one day...
#WildOxford
December 6, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Day 239: Giant beaver meets sabertooth on #lostspecies day. These skull replicas make a great office conversation piece! #365scienceselfies
December 2, 2024 at 11:03 AM