‘One of the most historic comebacks ever’
For the first time in centuries — and arguably millennia — it’s a good time to be the leaf-toed gecko in the Galápagos. Prior to 2019, the minuscule, centimeters-long species had only been found on the islands in their 5,000-year-old fossil records. But after conservation efforts successfully eradicated invasive, predatory rats, live specimens were found…