Author: Jeremy Rehm / Source: Science News for Students Scientists feared this frog was extinct. No one had seen a Sehuencas water frog in the wild since 2008. Just one “lonely” survivor, nicknamed Romeo, remained in captivity. A fungal disease has been wiping out frog populations worldwide, and

Author: Stephen Johnson / Source: Big Think The giant bee was first discovered in 1859, but since has only officially sighted once. An international team of researchers set out to rediscover the bee in January. Determining exactly when a species is extinct is difficult, especially for small

Author: Jeremy Rehm / Source: Science News Save for one “lonely” survivor in captivity, the Sehuencas water frog hadn’t been seen in the wild since 2008. That’s when its numbers collapsed, primarily due to chytridiomycosis, a fungal disease that has devastated frog populations worldwide. Fearing

On Christmas Eve 1968, astronaut William Anders captured a photograph that depicted the earth as a wispy blue orb suspended in space. The image – described by Galen Rowell as the most influential image ever taken – crystallized in our collective conscience the beauty and the fragility of our shared