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“A thoughtful examination of the machinery of extinction . . . By turns harrowing and elegiac, thrilling and informative.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Three or four times an hour, eighty or more times a day, a unique species of plant or animal vanishes forever. And yet, every so... read more

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The overnight rain had stopped, leaving the forest heavy with moisture and the trail slick with mud.

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  1. Scott Weidensaul (Author)
 

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