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Rare Creature Declared Extinct Returns to Wild as Critically Endangered Species After Massive Conservation Effort
The Partula tohiveana snail has been reclassified as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List after being previously ...
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Shells of their former selves: How sea snails have adapted to invasive predators
Starting when he was a Ph.D. student in the 1990s, he has monitored the evolution of two common species of sea snails living off Maine's coast, tracking how they have responded to changes in that ...
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Rare species — once declared extinct in the wild — rediscovered in French Polynesia
Partula tohiveana, or the Moorean viviparous tree snail, was native to French Polynesia before its wild population was decimated by the rosy wolf snail, a carnivorous and invasive species.
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Rare species — once declared extinct in the wild — rediscovered in French Polynesia
On a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, a rare species once declared extinct in the wild has been rediscovered. Partula tohiveana, or the Moorean viviparous tree snail, was native to French ...