What is Missing

The first turtles

230 million BCE

Image: Gary Todd via Flickr, Public domain

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Eungella Gastric-brooding Frog

extinction

Eungella Gastric-brooding Frog

Extinct circa 1985 CE

I Miss The Frogs And The Toads.

memory

I Miss The Frogs And The Toads.

2001 CE

La Isla Sin Canción (The Island Without Song)

memory

La Isla Sin Canción (The Island Without Song)

2008

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A view of a forest looking up from the ground

Learn about Maya Lin’s fifth and final memorial: a multi-platform science based artwork that presents an ecological history of our world - past, present, and future.

A bird

Discover ecological histories and stories of former abundance, loss, and recovery on the map of memory.

An overhead view of fields

Learn how we can reduce our emissions and protect and restore species and habitats – around the world.

A view of a city interspersed with mountains

See how art can help us rethink the problems we face, and give us hope that each one of us can make a difference.

An aerial view of a coast

Help make a global memorial something personal and close to home. Share your stories of the natural world.

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