Arguably the world's rarest insect - the Lord Howe Island 'tree lobster' - is being brought back from the brink. A recent study has confirmed the identity of this species using genomic data, which backstops its reintroduction to this World Heritage listed oceanic island. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Gerasimos Cassis. Conservation Biology: A Walking Stick's Redux on Lord Howe Island. Current biology : CB. 2017 Oct 23;27(20):R1120-R1122
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