Endlings

An endling is the last known individual of a species; when that dies, species becomes extinct. These â??last individualsâ? are poignant characters in stories humans tell themselves about todayâ??s Anthropocene. In this evocative work, Lydia Pyne explores how discussion endlingsâ??how we their historiesâ??draws on deep traditions storytelling across variety narrative types go well beyond science these speciesâ?? biology or evolutionary history. *Endlings* provides useful and thoughtful concepts: start (and why) they end, what it means to be â??charismaticâ? species, effects rewilding, makes extinction different era. From Benjamin thylacine Celia ibex Lonesome George Galápagos tortoise, endlings, shows, have power shape think grief, mourning, loss amid worldâ??s sixth mass extinction.