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Colonial entanglements in extinction narratives: The afterlives of two Saint Lucia giant rice rats
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)European colonialism exposed islands to significant threatening processes that drove species to or near extinction. At the same time, they were regular sites of collecting living animals especially because of their high ... -
Erasing the extinct: the hunt for Caribbean monk seals and museum collection practices
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12)The Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis), the only seal species native to Central America, was declared extinct in 2008, with the last confirmed sighting in 1952. This species historically had a broad range throughout ... -
Slowing Time in the Museum in a Period of Rapid Extinction
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Extinction of nonhuman species, as well as human-induced environmental change in general, is happening at a frighteningly fast pace. A recent global joint scientific assessment suggests that around a million animal and ...