Eulogy for a seastar, Australia's first recorded marine extinction
- Written by Tim O'Hara, Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria
The Derwent River Sea Star was only documented for 25 years before its extinction.Blair Patulo, Museums Victoria, CC BY-NCWe see the surface of the sea: the rock pools, the waves, the horizon. But there is so much more going on underneath, hidden from view.
The sea’s surface conceals human impact as well. Today, I am writing a eulogy to the...