Learn languages naturally with fresh, real content!

tap to translate recording

Explore By Region

flag Prague Zoo joins global effort to save Lord Howe Island stick insect, once thought extinct.

flag The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to save the Lord Howe Island stick insect, a species once considered extinct for over 80 years. flag The insect, native to a remote archipelago off Australia, was nearly wiped out by rats in 1918. flag In 2001, it was found surviving on a nearby island, and now six institutions, including the Prague Zoo, are breeding the insect in hopes of reintroducing it to Lord Howe Island after rats were eradicated in 2019.

24 Articles

Further Reading