An article by Matt Cronin and others ignited controversy over listing these wolves as a protected subspecies:
http://www.krbd.org/2014/12/11/southeast-wolves-subspecies-or-not. Read the article, the letters arguing it's conclusion, and the authors' reply -- all freely available on the Journal's website:
Mexican Wolves Are a Valid Subspecies and an Appropriate Conservation Target
Wolf Subspecies: Reply to Weckworth et al. and Fredrickson et al.
Check out the freely-available Editor's Choice this month by Soltis, et al., reviewing the rarely-discussed issue of plant extinctions. The authors discuss the role herbaria and modern genomic tech can play in bringing dead plants back to life.
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