Rare fern rediscovered
…We recently rediscovered one rare fern that had been ‘lost’. I was beginning to wonder if it had become extinct, but fortunately it has not. Still, the known total of…Read more
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…We recently rediscovered one rare fern that had been ‘lost’. I was beginning to wonder if it had become extinct, but fortunately it has not. Still, the known total of…Read more
…tangle of kiekie until it was rediscovered on Taumaka by penguin researcher Colleen Cassady St. Clair and her husband Bob St. Clair in 1989. It is considered to be the…Read more
…mm x 48.3 mm) collected in Takahe Valley by Robert Falla in 1949, a year after the birds were rediscovered. Specimen OR.000546. Photograph by Jean-Claude Stahl. Te Papa Nankeen night…Read more
…Hawke’s Bay, and only recently being rediscovered. Outside New Zealand, the hexaploid is rare, being known from only a few places in Australia, while the tetraploid is common and widespread…Read more
The rare, tetraploid maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens) has only recently been rediscovered in New Zealand. Several people have contacted me with possible additional sightings. As described by the…Read more
Teamwork during a Te Papa funded charter trip in the Hauraki Gulf got us a step closer in the hunt for the breeding grounds of the recently rediscovered New Zealand…Read more
…the main breeding site Torishima Island, an active volcano, 500km remote from the Japanese mainland. The species was thought to be extinct in 1949 but was rediscovered breeding in 1951…Read more
…Islands to hunt for the nesting grounds of the recently rediscovered New Zealand storm petrel (Fregetta maoriana). This island group lies more than 50 km to the east of Whangarei…Read more
…was only rediscovered in 1978. It numbers less than 200 but probably once occurred in the millions. Like many island birds, it faces an uphill battle against introduced predators, particularly…Read more
…Happy ferning … Asplenium lamprophyllum, a relative of the hen & chickens fern. No living populations were known from the Wellington region, until recently rediscovered by the Wellington Botanical Society….Read more
…emperor penguin colony was rediscovered about 8 years ago, and was stable in location from 2006 till 2013. Following a large break-out of sea-ice in February 2014, the colony moved…Read more
…Queen Elizabeth as a troop carrier arriving in Wellington during World War II, to footage of the ‘extinct’ takahē being rediscovered in 1948. Do let me know in the comments…Read more
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