Nearly 40 years later, in 2023, two researchers rediscovered the species in Monte Gordo Natural Park — the same park where Lecoq discovered it decades earlier, according to the study.

Nearly 40 years later, in 2023, two researchers rediscovered the species in Monte Gordo Natural Park — the same park where Lecoq discovered it decades earlier, according to the study.

The Monte Gordo grasshopper (Eyprepocprifas insularis), last seen alive in 1980 and officially declared extinct in 1996, has been found once again—alive and leaping.