See 8 animal species that came back from the dead

“It’s an ongoing recovery,” says conservation officer Jeremy Madeiros, and “an example for threatened species around the world in an era when encroachment on and destruction of habitats is putting more species at risk than ever before.”Study like a scientist with the CahowCam, a livestream of one cahows mating pair’s underground nest on Nonsuch Island.Video courtesy LookBermuda and the Cornell Lab of OrnithologyCatch your cahow moment in November on a Bermuda Audubon Society boating tour with Captain Nigel Pollard, who assures that “seeing the majestic birds in flight is a life changing experience.” Or tour Nonsuch Island with the Bermuda Zoological Society during April’s chick-checking season, when conservationists visit the cahows’ new home to monitor baby birds. In 2018, thirty takahē were released into the wild for the first time in 100 years.Kayak to see takahē on Motutapu, or ferry over from Auckland to check out Tiritiri Matangi Open Sanctuary, once home to the infamous “Greg.” Volunteer Kay Milton reminds visitors to keep human food to themselves, and to check gear and footwear for invasive insects and plants before entering the island.Just off the coast of Australia, the French archipelago of New Caledonia boasts the world’s most diverse concentration of reef structures, heart-shaped mangrove swamps, and not one, but two Lazarus species. Your best bet for finding either reptile is kayaking and hiking the Isle of Pines environs: You’ll want to bring some snorkel gear.Horned marsupial frogs live exclusively in the pristine, bromeliad-covered, old-growth jungle canopy of the Chocó Forest, a biodiversity hotspot described by biologist Alejandro Arteaga as “exotic, full of colorful and photogenic animals, and in critical conservation need.” Sixty percent of the Chocó’s 350 amphibian species are endemic and many are still undiscovered (Arteaga has described 18 new species).Though these marsupial horned frogs were photographed at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, their wild cousins can be spotted on frog walks in Ecuador’s Chocó Forest.