
More than 50 years ago, the ariel toucan was reintroduced to Tijuca National Park, the world’s largest urban forest, located in Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. Now, a new study finds that the bird, which became locally extinct in the 1960s, has almost entirely settled back into its original role in the ecosystem, serving […]
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How Do We Know A Species Is Really Extinct?
"When the only image available of your species is a painting, that’s a really big clue that it’s extinct"
#Extinct #EndangeredSpecies #WarOnWildlife #ecocide https://grrlscientist.medium.com/how-do-we-know-a-species-is-really-extinct-c9c1c436c3c8