Branch’s Rain #Frog Rediscovered After 15 Years https://www.goodthingsguy.com/environment/branchs-rain-frog-rediscovered-after-15-years/

"The Branch’s #RainFrog has been rediscovered after 15 years; the elusive frog was found alongside another, reigniting hope to #conservationists... This species has only been seen once before – in 2008 – when a single specimen was found north of #PortNolloth in the #NorthernCape."

#ConservationOptimism #Conservation #Frogs #Animals #Amphibians

De Winton’s #GoldenMole, a blind mole that lives beneath the sand, seen here on #PortNolloth beach in South Africa. The last reported sighting of one was in 1937. .. known for ‘swimming’ beneath the sand, on the beaches around the small port town. Their habitat is under threat from #DiamondMining

Photograph: Nicky Souness/#Endangered Wildlife Trust/AFP