A rare Australian bee has been spotted for the first time since 1923. It was previously believed to be extinct. Source: https://www.livescience.com/rare-australian-bee-rediscovered.html
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2 ancient stone coffins for husband and wife unearthed at Israeli wildlife park
Two ancient stone coffins that may have once held the remains of a husband and wife have been rediscovered in a wildlife park near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Source: https://www.livescience.com/israel-sarcophagi-husband-wife-discovered.html
A shadow snake has been rediscovered in Ecuador after 54 years
In the rainforests of Ecuador, researchers found a rare snake that hasn’t been seen in 54 years, known as a shadow snake for its dark colour and cautious nature Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2269267-a-shadow-snake-has-been-rediscovered-in-ecuador-after-54-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Vampire squid fossil ‘lost’ during the Hungarian Revolution rediscovered
The ancestors of vampire squid started trawling deep, oxygen-poor waters around 30 million years ago, a long-lost fossil rediscovery reveals. Source: https://www.livescience.com/vampire-squid-lost-fossil.html
Forgotten PS1 Game ‘Magic Castle’ Finally Emerges Two Decades Later
It might have taken more than 20 years, but a game intended for the original PlayStation has at last made its way into the world. Engadget reports: A group of Japanese developers worked on Magic Castle for eight months in the late ’90s. They used Sony’s Net Yaroze, a system with which hobbyists could make games for the console. The team…
‘Lost’ chameleon rediscovered after a century in hiding. And it’s spectacular.
More than a century after it was last seen, a spectacularly colorful chameleon is back. Source: https://www.livescience.com/lost-chameleon-rediscovered-after-century.html
The Yarkovsky effect: Pushing asteroids around with sunlight
The Yarkovsky effect is a minuscule push on a small body in space, imparted by nothing more than sunlight. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/the-yarkovsky-effect-pushing-asteroids-around-with-sunlight…
Return of Myanmar’s smiling turtle
Need something to smile about? Here’s a story about smiling turtles saved from extinction in Myanmar. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/return-of-myanmar-smiling-burmese-roofed-turtle…
How astronomers rediscovered a ‘lost world’
And why this rediscovery of a lost world – called NGTS-11b – bodes well for finding habitable exoplanets. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/lost-world-ngts-11b-exoplanet-habitable-zone…
Last-known video of ‘Tasmanian tiger’ rediscovered
Rediscovered footage of a thylacine taken in 1935 is the last-known recording of the marsupial, which went extinct in 1936. Source: https://www.livescience.com/tasmanian-tiger-thylacine-last-video.html