A new book about efforts to save endangered snails in Hawai‘i provides valuable insight into threats to global biodiversity.
Perhaps you’ve heard of George. He died on New Year’s Day in 2019. A so-called “endling,” George was believed to be the last known individual of his species — Achatinella apexfulva — a kind of Hawaiian tree snail.
His passing generated a buzz of media coverage, but the plight of the world’s endangered snails wasn’t long for the limelight.
Thom van Dooren wants to change that.
What Snails Can Teach Us About the Extinction Crisis • The Revelator
Perhaps you’ve heard of George. He died on New Year’s Day in 2019. A so-called “endling,” George was believed to be the last known individual of his species — Achatinella apexfulva — a kind of Hawaiian tree snail.
His passing generated a buzz of media coverage, but the plight of the world’s endangered snails wasn’t long for the limelight.
Thom van Dooren wants to change that.
What Snails Can Teach Us About the Extinction Crisis • The Revelator