[ISL] Five notes on Islands: Madeira, imaginary places, thylacine, Ōkunoshima rabbit, volcanic Tonga

[rfmcdonald]

• JSTOR Daily links to a paper examining how a speculative sugar boom in early modern Madeira was the first of its kind.


• Simon Worrall interviews author Malachy Tallack about the latter's book of imaginary places, notably islands.


• News that the DNA of a preserved thylacine has been salvaged is fantastic. Besides the scientific interest of this, could this lead to the resurrection of this Tasmanian species?


• Elaina Zachos notes the many problems facing the many cute rabbits product of a recent introduction to the Japanese island of Ōkunoshima.


• A volcanic island that recently emerged from the sea off of Tonga turns out to be much more durable than scientists had expected.