DEADIMALS

We often think about the disappearance of diversity, but less about the diversity of disappearances.

Have you heard of the great auk ? Stephen’s xenique ? The Yangtze River dolphin ?

Probably not. And would you have thought that a single cat could wipe out an entire species ?

As we explore the not-so-distant past, we invite curious minds of all ages to discover humorous anecdotes about the extinction of species in short historical tales.