The Lord Howe stick insect is officially back from the dead
DNA evidence shows the insects survived what scientists thought was an extinction
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IT LIVES Although darker than those found on Lord Howe Island, these stick insects, from nearby Ball’s Pyramid, are the same species.
Rohan Cleave, Melbourne Zoo