Author Sherrida Woodley finds inspiration at the intersection of avians and extinction. The dearly departed...
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No moa, no moa In old Ao-tea-roa Can’t get ’em They’ve et ’em They’re gone...
“The only mammal present is the harmless Polynesian rat, Rattus exulans” Gordon Williams, 1962 “the...
“Islands are where species go to die.” David Quammen, Song of the Dodo 12,000 birds....
The last Great Auk in Britain was executed as a witch, or so the story...
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