25-05-2025
‘Extinct' grasshopper rediscovered
A grasshopper thought to be extinct for four decades has been rediscovered, scientists recently announced in the Journal of Orthoptera Research.
Now known as the Monte Gordo grasshopper, Eyprepocprifas insularis was first discovered in 1980 on São Nicolau, Cape Verde, an archipelago off Africa. Scientists uncovered only one male specimen from 1979 to 1982, though, and they soon declared the species extinct.
