LifeThe hunt for the South Island kōkako, New Zealand’s long-lost bird The last accepted sighting of the South Island kōkako was in 1967, and it was declared extinct in 2007 – but a potential sighting that same year led to its reclassification, and a charitable trust set up to find it has been searching for the bird ever since 51
LifeAye-aye and possums top list of mammals we should focus on saving Biologists have come up with an improved method of prioritising conservation efforts based on how unique a species is and how endangered its relatives are 51