“You have these very hardened researchers literally shaking or breaking down into tears.”

Sometimes, decades pass from the last sighting of a species and its official declaration as #extinct. Fall 2023 Fellow Paula Levihn-Coon takes us down the path to the end for one such animal, the San Marcos gambusia:
https://www.texasobserver.org/extinct-species-san-marcos-gambusia?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=audience

#SanMarcos #Texas #Science #wildlife #animals #extinction #ClimateChange #environment