Animals & Nature
Rare weevils go home to the spear grass
On October 23, 2026, New Zealand's Department of Conservation said rare weevils raised in a lab were back in the wild.
New Zealand's Department of Conservation shared good news on October 23, 2026. Its team put some very rare beetles back into the wild.
These beetles are Canterbury knobbled weevils. Their kind is very ancient, so people call them living fossils. People once thought they were gone forever. Then, in 2004, a small group was found at Burkes Pass.
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Not often found or seen, because there are only a few of them.
Its team put some very rare beetles back into the wild.