Return of extinct reptile shows power of reclaiming identity, The Art Newspaper, September 2025
Caribbean repatriation puts flora and fauna on the cultural identity and property agenda.
In April 2024, the first repatriation of a natural history specimen to the English-speaking Caribbean occurred between the University of the West Indies in Jamaica and the University of Glasgow in Scotland under a memorandum of understanding. The specimen, an extinct Jamaican giant galliwasp, a reptile which the team named Celeste, was last documented as seen in the 1840s. The specimen is now in the national flora and fauna collection of the Natural History Museum of Jamaica.