With no sightings for half a century and a landscape heavily impacted by cattle grazing, botanists feared the worst. The ...

Citizen science platforms, including iNaturalist, are leading to major new discoveries and are becoming crucial to the work ...

A plant thought extinct for 58 years has been found again in Australia after a chance upload to a citizen science mobile app.

Plant species that was presumed to be extinct reappears after nearly six decades - Small Australian shrub with delicate pink ...

In an exciting turn of events for botany enthusiasts, the Australian flowering plant Ptilotus senarius, long presumed extinct for nearly six decades, has been rediscovered. This r ...

A specimen was collected from the site, which confirmed the identification, proving that the species had been living quietly ...

An Australian flowering plant not seen for close to 60 years had been presumed extinct. Then, a photo taken in June 2025 was ...

A tiny native shrub declared extinct has made a stunning comeback in far north Queensland - and it’s all thanks to a ...