The species was also affected by habitat loss due to logging, which was a thriving industry in this region, and large-scale hunting during World War II. The bird was last seen in 1927–only the second sighting of the species, and was officially declared extinct 78 years later in 2005. Da...
2015, but what happens to his body once the exhibition sunsets remains asubject of heated debate. The Ecuadorian government feels that George should return to the capital city of Quito, where he can be seen by the greatest number of visitors, but the local mayor of the Galápagos b...
now employed as the GIA's Field Gemologist, was undertaking a survey of the world's corundum deposits as part of a gemological Manhattan Project to fully understand these important gems. No one alive has visited as many ruby and sapphire mines as Vince. And yet on the way back to Thailand...