Mediterranean Shearwater (Scientific name: Puffinus yelkouan) Foreign name Yelkouan Shearwater, Pardela mediterránea, no subspecies. The Mediterranean Shearwater was previously considered a subspecies of the Atlantic Shearwater. After the first differentiation, it has been classified as the "M...
The Galápagos shearwater (Puffinus subalaris) is a small shearwater. Until recently it was considered to be a subspecies of Audubon's shearwater, but it is actually one of two members of a very ancient lineage of the small Puffinus species, the other being, as indicated by mtDNA cytochrome b se...
Humans are not always good at self-control, especially when the things they face seem both rich and mouth-watering. Although species extinctions often have multiple causes, the extinction of some species can be almost directly linked to the voracious appetites of modern humans. Read on to learn abou...