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A bird last seen more than 170 years ago in the rainforests of Borneo has been rediscovered, amazing conservationists who have long assumed it was extinct. The

Black-browed Babbler. Credit: Muhammad Rizky Fauzan   More than 150 species of birds around the world are considered "lost" with no confirmed sightings in the past decade, conservationists say. A bird last seen more than 170 years ago in the rainforests of Borneo has been rediscovered, amazing conservationists who have long assumed it was extinct. The Black-browed Babbler has only ever been documented once — when it was first described by scientists around 1848 — eluding all subsequent efforts to find it. But late last year, two men in Indonesian Borneo saw a bird they didn't recognise...

A bird last seen more than 170 years ago in the rainforests of Borneo has been rediscovered, amazing conservationists who have long assumed it was extinct.

Enigmatic bird lost to science for 170 years rediscovered in Indonesia It's "mind blowing" to think the black-browed babbler isn't extinct, conservationists say. Listen - 01:38 This photo of a black-browed babbler is the first confirmed sighting of the bird in over 170 years. Muhammad Suranto and Muhammad Rizky Fauzan There's one known specimen of the black-browed babbler bird in scientific archives. It was collected and described way back in the 1840s and has largely remained a mystery ever since. CN...

A social media influencer has sparked fury after posing nude on the back of a critically endangered elephant. Alesya Kafelnikova faced criticism after she posted a short video of herself lying bare on the back of a Sumatran elephant in Bali.