Sunday 14 August 2022

A hummingbird turns out to be a Lazarus animal


Image courtesy of Yurgen Vega/SELVA/ProCAT.

Joel Kontinen

According to evolution, species are going extint. But now and them are new species is found that looks like the old ones.

 They are  called Lazarus animals

The newest one concerns a hummingbird that  they found in 1946 but was thought to be extinct Recently, the rearchers spotted a sabrewing in the Colombian mountains. 

Source:; 

Taylor, Luke/ 2022. Hummingbird that was feared extinct is spotted in Colombian mountains New Scientist  65 August