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WIRED Features Island Conservation Project Director Karl Campbell

WIRED features GBIRd and Island Conservation Project Director Karl Campbell in an article about the potential for gene drives to help prevent extinctions of island species. By: Emma Marris KARL CAMPBELL IS a craftsman bedeviled by bad tools. He’s a middle-aged, medium-size, muscular Australian with a five-day beard and an intense gaze who seems perpetually […]

Written by on February 21, 2018

How One Española Giant Tortoise Saved a Species

Diego the Española Giant Tortoise has helped to save his species from extinction by fathering hundreds of baby tortoises.  All was well with Española Giant Tortoises (Chelonoidis hoodensis) in the Galápagos–until invasive rats were introduced by pirates and infiltrated the island ecosystem. The presence of rats made reproduction extremely difficult and often unsuccessful for the […]

Written by on March 24, 2017