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

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 ...

This form is about 20% heavier than the North American and probably represents a separate species. Marbled Murrelets are quite unique in that, unlike other seabirds in the auk family, they nest ...