As The News & Observer reported, he had a hunch that a rare Appalachian grasshopper species that hadn't been seen in 80 years wasn't extinct but was hiding out in a distinct environment.

Alexandre Kuhn of Walloon Agricultural Research Centre in Belgium says over email that the grasshopper study “undoubtedly” challenges the notion that they’re inherently worse off than sexually ...

Working alongside Hawaii’s Plant Extinction Prevention Program staff, Wood has spent decades venturing to the archipelago’s remotest corners seeking spots where rare plant species linger.

Other grasshoppers he saw that day had hopped ... that can make a difference if this does turn out to be a very rare species that needs protection,” Rapp said. Augusta County is in the ...

Subhankar Patra, a veteran birdwatcher who runs a birdwatching group called SundayWatch, said the Palla’s Grasshopper Warbler has become “rare”. “I will say it is rare to see this ... is another place ...