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Will optimistic stories get people to care about nature?

  • Written by Diogo Veríssimo, David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow, Georgia State University
imageThe Pinocchio anole lizard (Anolis probiscis) was first described in Ecuador in 1953, then believed to have become extinct until it was rediscovered in 2005.Javier Abalos Alvarez/Flickr, CC BY-SA

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