The hunt for a lost species
5/11/202628 min
One of the world’s most biodiverse aquifers is full of strange, blind creatures that have evolved in isolation for millions of years. But one is missing. (Originally aired in 2022)
Guests: Benji Jones, Vox senior correspondent; Andy Gluesenkamp, Conservation biologist and herpetologist (a reptiles and amphibians guy)
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Noam Hassenfeld· Host1:10
Right now, species are going extinct at the fastest rate since when the dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago. It's a crisis. But what about the species that slip through the cracks? The ones where we aren't sure whether they're extinct, the ones that have gone missing. A few years