And yet, [the great auk] became the signature of human caused extinction. The peasants said that there was no indication that they would worry about the end of this species, they imagined that the ...

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Writing about the increasing attempts in the early 1800s to classify bird species, Birkhead says ... ‘specimens’ eventually drove the great auk to extinction. On the other, I am relieved ...

The Colossal Company ‘is the de-extinction company.’ They are financing much of the work and their aim really is to bring ...

When species cease to exist ... In his book The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction, Gísli Pálsson retraces a 1858 trip two English scientists took ...

Tim Birkhead on great auks and their extraordinary story of evolution, exploitation and de-extinction across the years ...

The Great Auk lived in large colonies in and ... trees and kill the native red squirrel.” Five British animals you didn't know are endangered Have you seen one of these animals in the wild ...

Writing about the increasing attempts in the early 1800s to classify bird species, Birkhead says that “creating ... for acquiring ‘specimens’ eventually drove the great auk to extinction. On the other ...