A public gathering to offer prayers for 'the sins of Poles' and against abortion on the main pedestrian street in Warsaw on a Sunday evening. The protestors chanted slogans including 'stop abortion',...

Nastasia Balanova describes how she discovered her home had been destroyed: "I left on the fifth of March, on the sixth of March neighbours called to tell us that our house had burned down. They sent...

Rame Zeqiraj (73) and his wife Gjyle (63) He was asked to describe his memories of the 1999 war, when the whole population of the ethnic Albanian village of Studenica were forced to flee the fighting...

Walkanga bathing with her little brother in a small stream. The native peoples of the Amazon have a holistic vision of the Pachamama: "It is not simply a landscape or aesthetic relationship, but the...

'Save Us' graffiti on a wall at Gigg Lane, the closed-down home of bankrupt football club Bury FC. Local elections are due in the political constituency of Bury North on 27 April 2022, a traditionall...

Albany Cycad (Encephalartos latifrons), FMNH 1169527. Conservation status: critically endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americans), FMNH INS-76245. Conservation status: critically endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Sloane's Urania (Urania sloanus), FMNH INS-819072. Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Snail Darter (Percina tanasi), FMNH no. 94489. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), FMNH 125413. Conservation status: near threatened. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Spengler's Freshwater Mussel (Margaritifera auriculario), FMNH 143001. Conservation status: critically endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Spotted Darter (Etheostoma maculatum), FMNH no. 1838. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), FMNH 81522. Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

A Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) egg at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. On 14 September 1914, the last Passenger Pigeon died in a cage in Cincinn...

A Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) egg at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. On 14 September 1914, the last Passenger Pigeon died in a cage in Cincinn...

Polyodon spathula, American Paddlefish, FMNH no. 98248. Conservation status: vulnerable. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Arcuate Pearly Mussel (Epioblasma flexuosa), FMNH 23038. Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Asian Elephant specimens in cabinet (Elephas maximus). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Asian Elephant specimens in cabinet (Elephas maximus), FMNH 60601. Conservation status: endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Elimia laete (formerly Goniobasis laete), FMNH 34196 (left); Tulotoma Snail (Tulotoma magnifica), FMNH 79380 (middle); Gyrotoma pyramidatum, FMNH 56196 (right). Field Museum of Natural History, Chica...

Western Bumble Bee (Bombus occidentalis), FMNH INS-3007334. Conservation status: vulnerable. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Whooping Crane (Grus americana). Conservation status: endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Xerces Blue (Glaucopsyche xerces), FMNH 474. Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

A Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) egg at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. On 14 September 1914, the last Passenger Pigeon died in a cage in Cincinn...

A Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) egg at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. On 14 September 1914, the last Passenger Pigeon died in a cage in Cincinn...

A Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) egg at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. On 14 September 1914, the last Passenger Pigeon died in a cage in Cincinn...

A Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) egg at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. On 14 September 1914, the last Passenger Pigeon died in a cage in Cincinn...

A Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) egg at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. On 14 September 1914, the last Passenger Pigeon died in a cage in Cincinn...

A Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) egg at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. On 14 September 1914, the last Passenger Pigeon died in a cage in Cincinn...

Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) eggs at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct.

Charles Island Tortoise (Geochelone nigra galapagoensis), FMNH no. 13523. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. A subspecies of the Galapagos Giant Tortoise that is n...

Earless Monitor Lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. FMNH catalogue no. 130981. Known only from the state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. It is nocturnal, liv...

Central American River Turtle (Dermatemys mawii), FMNH catalogue no. 98950. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: critically endangered. The Central American River Turtle was...

Atala or Coontie Hairstreak (Eumaeus atala). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Atitlan Grebe (Podilymbus gigas), Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. No. 97557. Conservation status: extinct. The Atitlan grebe, also known as the poc, was a large, flightless water bird endem...

Giant Armadillo (Priodontes giganteus), FMNH 60450. Conservation status: vulnerable. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia), FMNH 60654. Conservation status: endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Golden Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana), FMNH 31144. Conservation status: endangered. Specimen collected by Teddy Roosavelt. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct.

Honduran White Bat. No. 123156. Field Museum of Natural History. Huddled together under the roost they construct out of the wide, waxy leaves of the Heliconia plant, a group of Honduran white bats mo...

Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. No. 81522. Conservation status: extinct.

The last known remaining thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, died in captiv...

White-Nosed Bush Frog (Philautus leucorhinus), Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Nos. 81233, 173345-67. Conservation status: extinct.

There are approximately 105 species of frog nati...

Cyclosurus mariei, a land snail, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct.

Hawaiian tree snails, various species (Achatinella genus) and Carelia pilsbryi. Conservation status of all: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

A Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) egg at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. On 14 September 1914, the last Passenger Pigeon died in a cage in Cincinn...

A Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) egg at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. On 14 September 1914, the last Passenger Pigeon died in a cage in Cincinn...

A Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) egg at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. On 14 September 1914, the last Passenger Pigeon died in a cage in Cincinn...

Alan Resetar, Collection Manager of the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, taking tissue specimens from a cryogenic storage facility that is cooled wi...

Alan Resetar, Collection Manager of the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, taking tissue specimens from a cryogenic storage facility that is cooled wi...

Dermatemys mawii, Central American River Turtle, FMNH catalogue no. 98950. Conservation status: critically endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Central American River Turtle (Dermatemys mawii), FMNH catalogue no. 4163. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: critically endangered. The Central American River Turtle was o...

Central American River Turtle (Dermatemys mawii), FMNH catalogue no. 4163. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: critically endangered. The Central American River Turtle was o...

Black Andean Toad (Atelopus ignescens), FMNH catalogue no. 199941. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. Not recorded since 1988, extensive searches over the last fif...

Banded Trinity (Thismia americana), FMNH 427103. Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Golden Toad (Bufo periglenes), FMNH nos. 167967-69, paratypes. Conservation status: extinct (Bufo periglenes), FMNH nos. 167967-69, paratypes. Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural His...

Goliath Frog (Conraua goliath), FMNH no. 15979. Conservation status: endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

'I'iwi or the Scarlet Hawaiian Honeycreeper (Vestiaria coccinea), FMNH 308798. Conservation status: vulnerable. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)., FMNH 39502. Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), FMNH no. 31009. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: critically endangered.

Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), FMNH 58. Conservation status: vulnerable. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Conraua goliath, Goliath Frog, FMNH no. 248830. Conservation status: endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Black Andean Toad (Atelopus ignescens), FMNH catalogue no. 199941. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: extinct. Not recorded since 1988, extensive searches over the last fif...

Black Andean Toad, Atelopus ignescens, FMNH catalogue no. 199941. Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Santa Catalina Rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. FMNH catalogue no. 1169. Conservation status: critically endangered. It is found only on Santa Catalina Is...

Santa Catarina Leaf Frog (Phrynomedusa appendiculata). A specimen in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. FMNH catalogue no. 83270. Conservation status: near threatened.

Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. FMNH catalogue no. 22199. Conservation status: vulnerable

Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara), FMNH no. 88177. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Big-leaf Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), FMNH 617684. Conservation status: vulnerable. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Black Abalone (Haliotis cracherodii), FMNH 321084. Conservation status: critically endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), FMNH 127848. Conservation status: critically endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Blue Coral (Heliopora caerulea), FMNH 26. Conservation status: vulnerable. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Bush Wren (Xenicus longipes), FMNH 304099. Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)., FMNH 39502. Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Conservation status: critically endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii). Conservation status: endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis). Conservation status: vulnerable. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Master roll of sequentially numbered paper tags in the Fishes Division, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. As new specimens are entered into the collection, they are tagged with a unique number...

Golden Frog (Bufo periglenes). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. FMNH nos. 167967-69. Conservation status: extinct. This species was known only from the Reserva Biologica Monteverde, Costa Ric...

Coelocanth (Latimeria chalumnae). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. FMNH no. 76057 and/or 97106 (scales from 2 individuals in one fluid vat). Conservation status: critically endangered. The Co...

Harelip Sucker (Lagochila lacera). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. FMNH no. 1847. Conservation status: extinct. In 2004 this species was renamed Moxostoma lacerum. The last specimen was coll...

Shortnose Cisco (Coregonus reighardi). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. FMNH no. 63398. Conservation status: critically endangered. The species is a native of the Great Lakes of North America...

Deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae), FMNH no. 2088. Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: critically endangered. There is very little remaining habitat to search and any remaining popula...

Dusky Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens) (top)Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Dusky Seaside Sparrow conservation s...

Rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Conservation status: vulnerable. E. carolinus ranges widely across the boreal zone of North America from New England, th...

Chinese Paddlefish (Psephurus gladius). Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Sea Clover (Halophila baillonis), FMNH 1286480. Conservation status: vulnerable. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Latimeria chalumnae, Coelocanth, FMNH no. 76057 and/or 97106 (scales from 2 individuals in one fluid vat). Conservation status: critically endangered. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Lake Titicaca Orestias or Amanto (Orestias cuvieri), FMNH 41121. Conservation status: data deficient (IUCN) or possibly extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Cyclosurus mariei, a land snail, FMNH. Conservation status: extinct. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.