Local knowledge guides rediscovery of spinach pipefish, not seen in four decades

By mid-June, Jerrica Agebido was staring at disappointment.

His nearly two-week-long, exhausting search for a mysterious fish that hasn’t been seen by scientists for nearly four decades was drawing to a close.

His team of researchers had braved Papua New Guinea’s hot, humid summer days, meandering along the Sepik River’s course by boat and canoe […]