Presumed extinct, Campbell’s keeled glass-snail was rediscovered on Norfolk Island in 2020. Now, breeding efforts by Taronga Zoo and partners have grown the population and released 340 tagged snails into the wild — Australia’s first large-scale snail reintroduction, & newborns are already appearing.
From ‘extinct’ to growing, a rare snail returns to the wild in Australia
Rarely do species presumed extinct reappear with renewed hope for a better future. But researchers in Australia not only discovered a wild population of Campbell’s keeled glass-snail on Australia’s…
