Anthropocene Days
A book by John Dargavel on how humans experience the Anthropocene in everyday life.
extinction
Sight and Sound: Beyond the Huia Extinction Story
Arcadia, Spring 2023, no. 2
From Wilderness to Breeding Farms: The Domestication of the Chinchilla lanigera
Arcadia, Autumn 2022, no. 15
The Life, Extinction, and Rebreeding of Quagga Zebras: Significance for Conservation
A book on the extinct quagga, a pony-sized zebra that inhabited southern Africa.
“Encountering Ghost Species”
On Lord Howe Island, writer Cameron Muir has a run-in with a nearly extinct species: the woodhen. In the 1970s, scientists counted just 15 birds. Now the number is around 300, yet he calls this an encounter with a ghost species and contemplates how the fate of the lone bird he meets overlaps with the fate of humans.
“O desaparecimento do que está extinto: a caça às focas-monge-do-caribe e as práticas de acervos museológicos”
Article from a special issue on animal history.
“Erasing the Extinct: The Hunt for Caribbean Monk Seals and Museum Collection Practices”
Article from a special issue on animal history.
The Tragedy of the Paradise Parrot
Arcadia, Summer 2021, no. 27
Interview with Juno Salazar Parreñas, author of Decolonizing Extinction: The Work of Care in Orangutan Rehabilitation
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Juno Salazar Parreñas is interviewed on her new book, Decolonizing Extinction: The Work of Care in Orangutan Rehabilitation.
Facing It
Facing It is a podcast about love, loss, and the natural world, written and narrated by Jennifer Atkinson.