New meaning for old competition: How the Bird of the Century helps us express ecological grief

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New meaning for old competition: How the Bird of the Century helps us express ecological grief

Olli Hellmann
Huia CR Wikimedia CC
Illustration of the now extinct huia, created by John Hunt and held in the Alexander Turnbull Library [Image: Wikimedia Commons - public domain]

Olli Hellmann provides a distinctive view of what used to be known and loved as Bird of the Year

Humans typically reserve their practices of mourning for loved ones. But extending these rituals of grief and loss to non-human animals (and our share
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  2. Hellman O. Collective memory of environmental change and connectedness with nature: Survey evidence from Aotearoa New Zealand. Memory Studies 2022 (online 28 July 2022).