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Frozen sperm could help bring these giant sea stars back from the brink of extinction Melissa Torres spent her Valentine's Day helping to usher new life into the world - in the form of millions of fertilized sea star eggs. From the CBC News-2024-3-8:20:6:1
How documenting the disappearance of the great auk led to the discovery of extinction In the book, The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction, Gísli Pálsson retraces the journey of two English biologists who went looking for the rare great auk birds in Iceland. What they didn't find is how the world was first introduced to the idea of human-caused extinction. From the CBC News-2024-3-8:20:6:2
Endangered sage grouse could soon disappear from the Canadian Prairies The greater sage grouse, which once numbered in the thousands in Western Canada, is coming perilously close to extinction on the Prairies, new government research shows. From the CBC News-2024-3-8:8:5:1
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