# @rewild on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C2S_RobrK50
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19268351-rewild-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-01-19T21:20:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Re:wild (@rewild) — https://gondola.cc/rewild

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A groundbreaking study unravels the science of rediscovering #LostSpecies.🦎 (Link in bio) scientific_american

The study's authors--a team of researchers across the globe, including Re:wild conservationists--found that 856 tetrapod species (four-limbed animals; mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians) are currently lost to science. The paper also reveals what we at Re:wild often see with the world's most wanted lost species: that while many species are difficult to find, new techniques and a bit of effort can result in incredible rediscoveries and conservation measures. 

“Everything is connected,” Christina Biggs, study co-author and Re:wild lost species officer, told Scientific American. “Every single species does matter. It behaves in an ecosystem and fulfills a purpose within it that then underpins all of the life that we have on Earth.”

📸: A male Santa Marta Sabrewing. The species was rediscovered in Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The hummingbird had not had a documented sighting in 12 years and was included on the Search for Lost Birds list of the top 10 most wanted lost birds. It was only the third time the hummingbird has been documented since it was first collected in 1946. (Photo by Yurgen Vega/SELVA/ProCAT)

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