Georg Stellar

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Compounding Threats Drove the Spectacled Cormorant to Extinction

New research finds compounding threats lead to the extinction of the once widespread Spectacled Cormorant population and reveals concerns over similar threats to island species today. Researchers have uncovered the mysterious life and extinction of the Spectacled Cormorant. The large cormorant was first described in 1741 by Georg Stellar as the size of a goose, […]

Written by on August 18, 2018