This article appeared in the June 2021 issue of Discover magazine as "Do We Really Need to Protect Every Species?" Become a subscriber to support our science journalism.
Do We Really Need to Protect Every Species From Extinction?
Focus on individuals or entire ecosystems? Scientists disagree.
By Ian Morse
May 8, 2021 9:00 PM
The Bramble Cay melomys lived solely on a
small island at the northern tip of the Great
Barrier Reef. It was wiped out in 2016 by
sea-level rise. (Credit: Ian Bell/EHP/State of Queensland/Wikimedia Commons)
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