They were searching for great auks: black and white sea birds about the size of geese which had nested on Eldey, once, in large numbers, but whose rarity meant that they were now in demand as ...

Great auks were once common in the waters of the North Atlantic ... It is the only certainly British specimen that still exists, and before it died it was part of the last pair in the country. It was ...

Human-driven extinction was ‘almost unthinkable’ until the auk’s disappearance, Liam Shaw writes. He joins Tom to discuss when, where and why the great auk died out.

The Great Auk was the original penguin, but disappeared in the mid 19th century. Stories and observations are woven together to create a narrative that floats between two worlds, in which the ...

Tim Birkhead, Kaliane Bradley and Mark Nowers discuss our fascination with the Great Auk and Victorian explorers, and efforts to help turtle doves, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more The Great Auk ...

They were searching for great auks: black and white sea birds about the size of geese which had nested on Eldey, once, in large numbers, but whose rarity meant that they were now in demand as stuffed ...