Shimmering Mole Rediscovered Nearly 100 Years After It Was Presumed Extinct

Christina Biggs, manager for the Search for Lost Species, Re:wild, which provided assistance with the search, recalled: “The search for De Winton’s golden mole was not easy by any means, and it really speaks to how persistent, thorough and resourceful the EWT team was in the field.

“They left no sandhill unturned and now it’s possible to protect the areas where these threatened and rare moles live.

“The successful use of the eDNA technique is now a case study on how such forward-thinking technologies can be utilized to find other lost species.”