And yet, [the great auk] became the signature of human caused extinction. The peasants said that there was no indication that ...

Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...

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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 ...

How Thomas Jefferson’s quest to prove America’s wildlife was bigger and badder and better than anywhere else led him to face ...

Pictured below is the last remaining specimen of a British great auk, a flightless seabird driven to extinction in the nineteenth century. It is a lesson in what can happen to an ocean-dwelling ...

Red grouse is endemic across Britain and Ireland, being a different species from willow ptarmigan. The males exhibit striking red colouration with prominent combs attached to their faces.

Scientists also declared several other extinctions, including the first documented plant extinction in New Hampshire.

Readers can pay what they want for the first three monsters — the Tasmanian tiger, great auk and passenger pigeon. All proceeds will be donated to support the Center’s work protecting endangered ...