Hill’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hilli), which hasn’t been seen since 1981, was found in a cave in the Nyungwe National Park, in Nyungwe, Rwanda.
President Joe Biden is traveling to the Cleveland area Thursday to tout $1 billion flowing from the bipartisan infrastructure law to cleaning up Great Lakes waterways.
It is believed to be the result of reduced human activity during the coronavirus pandemic.
Aaron Halstead, from Burnley, Lancashire, pleaded guilty earlier this year to nine offences against the Control of Trade in Endangered Species, and could face five years.
The critically endangered Smoky Mouse has been discovered in the bushfire ravaged Kosciuszko National Park where it was feared the population had been wiped out.
The gray wolf that was found dead, known as OR-54, was protected by California and Oregon law and by the federal Endangered Species Act.