Email Discussion Lists, gone but not forgotten? Gone But Not Forgotten: Declared Extinct! Sometimes the best news isn’t about discovering something new. It’s about finding something thought to be lost forever. Imagine being declared extinct. Gone. Finished. Nothing left but photographs, museum specimens, and a few paragraphs in a scientific journal. Then, decades or even centuries later, somebody spots you hanging around in a tree. Surprise! You’re not extinct after all. That’s essentially what happened to the Bangka slow loris, a small, wide-eyed primate native to Indonesia. In October 2026, Reuters reported that scientists confirmed the continued existence of the Bangka slow loris , a rare, nocturnal primate that hadn’t appeared in scientific records since the 1930s. With its enormous eyes, reddish-brown fur, and deliberate movements, the slow loris looks almost like a stuffed animal. And apparently the Loris hadn’t received the memo that he ...
