A dog digging at a beach found an animal long ago declared extinct, De Winton’s golden mole, a creature that lives in the sand. The golden mole is a creature that hasn’t been seen by scientists in almost 90 years.
The blind mole lives almost entirely underground and doesn’t create long-lasting tunnels, unlike other species of moles. Instead, it “swims” through the sand, and its very sensitive hearing alerts it to vibrations above ground, letting it burrow without being seen.
This golden mole is not the only recently discovered created that scientists mistakenly thought no longer exists. A type of gecko believed to be extinct was discovered thriving on the Galápagos Islands and the Mini Galaxy flower was found growing in the middle of a road in South Africa after not being seen in four decades.
Sea turtles are proliferating, with sea turtle nests tripling in Florida. Fish species are rebounding off the coast of California due to their young finding a sanctuary in abandoned oil rigs.
A baby beaver was recently born in London, the first beaver birth there in 400 years. Recently, carnivorous plants were reintroduced to English wetlands.
