March 31, 2006
Still Extinct? Experts Debate Last Year's Sighting of an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Skepticism is mounting about last year's much-hailed rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas. David Sibley, author of one of the most-used bird-identification guides, announced in a recent issue of the journal Science that he questions whether a group of scientists actually saw the bird, which had been thought to be extinct.
In response to the discovery last year, the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture pledged more than $10-million to help save the area of
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