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Bird in the hand: How the murre has helped sustain outport fishermen for centuries Whether they're called murres or turrs, hunting them is still a tradition in some parts of Newfoundland. Social Sharing Whether they're called murres or turrs, hunting them is still a tradition in some parts of Newfoundland Posted: Apr 11, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: April 11
Dana Wilde: The death of the great auks We like to think we’ve come a long way in conservation. Which we have, sort of, writes Dana Wilde, but the Earth is right now undergoing its sixth mass extinction event. Share The great auks were a flightless bird that went extinct on or about June 1844. For an evolutionary disaster, the date sounds suspiciously precise, I know. But it’s probably more or less accurate. A stuffed great auk is one exhibit in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, Scotland. Wikimedia Commons photo courtesy of Mike Pennington Pinguinus impennis was known ...