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Who’s seen a Thylacine?

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Roger Gosden

Only Aussies born more than 90 years ago can make a plausible claim to have seen a living thylacine: according to official records, the last of them died in Hobart Zoo in 1936. And, yet, thylacines still live! Few “extinct” … Continue reading →

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Inferno in Indonesia

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Roger Gosden

Indonesian forests are burning. It happens annually, but this time the inferno is far worse. On some days, the fires evolve more carbon into the atmosphere than the whole of America (whose economy is 20 times larger), and the smog … Continue reading →

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