Researchers Call for Rare Tree’s Conservation Decades after Its Declared Extinction

Share this on WhatsApp An extinct tree grows in India’s Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Well, it’s not exactly extinct. But the small, flowering tree species, known only as Wendlandia angustifolia, has had a long history of going unnoticed. Scientists collected the first specimen of the plant in 1867, then didn’t observe it again until 1917. After … Continue reading Researchers Call for Rare Tree’s Conservation Decades after Its Declared Extinction