Lord Howe Island Stick Insect

Lord Howe Island Stick InsectFor decades, people thought this stick insect species was extinct. Found only on Lord Howe Island, in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, the species seemed to vanishalong with many othersafter a 1918 shipwreck brought predatory black rats to the island. But in 2001, a small population was discovered living on a tiny island nearby. Today, researchers at zoos and museums in San Diego, Bristol, U. K., and in Melbourne, Australia, use

For decades, people thought this stick insect species was extinct. Found only on Lord Howe Island, in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, the species seemed to vanish—along with many others—after a 1918 shipwreck brought predatory black rats to the island. But in 2001, a small population was discovered living on a tiny island nearby.

Today, researchers at zoos and museums in San Diego, Bristol, U.K., and in Melbourne, Australia, use mating pairs from the surviving population to laboratory-rear the stick insects in order to maintain their numbers. The species may also soon be returned to Lord Howe Island, in hopes the insects can sustain themselves in the wild again.

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