Few complete skeletons remain of this gentle behemoth, who was destroyed by explorers and fur traders in the Arctic.
Gigantic and extinct, Steller’s sea cows would have played an important role in shaping their environment. Universal History Archive / Getty Images This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online ...
Steller’s Sea Cow was a marine beast that inhabited the Commander Islands, situated in the Bering Sea between Alaska and ...
A Texas biotech startup is using gene editing to bring back the mammoth and other extinct species. From the shaggy woolly mammoth to the long-lost Steller’s sea cow, Colossal Biosciences is developing ...
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“Beasts of the Sea,” by Iida Turpeinen. Translated by David Hackston. Publication Date Nov. 18. 288 pages. In 1741, naturalist Georg Steller was aboard the St. Peter when it was shipwrecked on an ...