Conservation Phantom of the forest: After 100 years in hiding, the rediscovery of the rare cloaked bee in Australia (The Conversation) “It’s not often you get to cast your eyes on a creature feared to be long-gone. Perhaps that’s why my recent rediscovery of the native bee species Pharohylaeus lactiferus is so exciting — especially after it spent a century eluding researchers. But how did it stay out of sight for so long?”