00:00 Lazarus species are organisms that have been brought back from extinction or were thought to be extinct, such as the Silicanth with its proto-limbs.

02:20 The Silicanth was thought to be extinct until one was discovered in 1938 off the coast of South Africa, and since then more live specimens have been found, proving that they are not extinct.

04:31 Sometimes science declares a species extinct when they haven't seen it for a while, but then it turns out the species is still alive, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has a strict definition for declaring a species extinct.

06:56 The podcast discusses the challenges and experiences of individuals living with autoimmune conditions, aiming to inspire and educate listeners about these severe conditions.

09:21 Lord Howe Island was overrun by rats that ate the endemic Lord Howe Island stick insects and caused the extinction of various bird and lizard species, but a few corpses of the stick insects were found in 1960 and a new population was discovered on a nearby island, leading to a breeding program and a rodent eradication project to save the stick insects.

11:37 The Peruvian yellow-tailed woolly monkey was thought to be extinct, but a population was discovered in Brazil in 1974, and it was found that these monkeys had been kept as pets in different places around the world.

14:01 The robust red horse, a fish thought to be extinct, was rediscovered in the Savannah and PD rivers in Georgia and South Carolina, and efforts were made to breed them in captivity, resulting in a successful restoration of the population.