In 1887, Australian Museum scientists undertook a pioneering expedition to Lord Howe Island, a tiny patch of land off the east coast of Australia.
was noted as being highly abundant, playing a key role in nutrient recycling, and presumably a food source for the many birds on the island.could not be found despite extensive searches over multiple decades and was assumed to have gone extinct due to rat predation.Putting the cockroach back where it belongs
But hang on a minute: Why would we want to put cockroaches, one of the most reviled creatures on Earth, back on a beautiful island after their seemingly fortuitous extermination?is, believe it or not, quite cute and charismatic, and has no interest in going into people's houses. It is wingless, about 4 centimeters long, and stays hidden in the forest, where it burrows into the soil and feeds on leaf litter and rotting wood by night.
They found a few others within a few meters under the same fig tree, but extensive searching over the next few days revealed none in other nearby areas or other parts of the island.We carried out some preliminary DNA tests upon our return to Sydney, finding the rediscovered Lord Howe Island population of cockroaches was distinct from the ones found on Blackburn and Roach islands.
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