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Apr 25

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How Some Species Can Go Extinct Twice And Why We Should Care

Some species go extinct twice — one time when the last individual stops breathing, and a second time when our collective memory about the species disappears

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An extinct Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger or the marsupial wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus) at Beaumaris Zoo in 1936. (Credit: Ben Sheppard, public domain)

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𝐆𝐫𝐫𝐥𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, scientist & writer

𝐆𝐫𝐫𝐥𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭, scientist & writer

PhD evolutionary ecology/ornithology. Psittacophile. scicomm Forbes, previously Guardian. always Ravenclaw. discarded scientist & writer, now an angry house elf

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