How documenting the disappearance of the great auk led to the discovery of extinction

Muzammil Hussain March 09, 2024

An illustration of the great auk, a bird species with tiny non-functional wings that looks a bit like a large penguin is perched on a rock in the ocean with a rocky island with high cliffs in the backdrop.

In the book, The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction, Gísli Pálsson retraces the journey of two English biologists who went looking for the rare great auk birds in Iceland. What they didn't find is how the world was first introduced to the idea of human-caused extinction.

In the book, The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction, Gísli Pálsson retraces the journey of two English biologists who went looking for the rare great auk birds in Iceland. What they didn't find is how the world was first introduced to the idea of human-caused extinction. An illustration of the great auk, a bird species with tiny non-functional wings that looks a bit like a large penguin is perched on a rock in the ocean with a rocky island with high cliffs in the backdrop.

An illustration of the great auk, a bird species with tiny non-functional wings that looks a bit like a large penguin is perched on a rock in the ocean with a rocky island with high cliffs in the backdrop.

In the book, The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction, Gísli Pálsson retraces the journey of two English biologists who went looking for the rare great auk birds in Iceland. What they didn't find is how the world was first introduced to the idea of human-caused extinction.

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