/newsroom/ en /newsroom/news/list/2024/12/10/australias-extinction-tally-is-worse-than-we-thought A new study estimates that more than 9000 insects and other native invertebrates have become extinct in Australia since European arrival in 1788 and between 1–3 additional species become extinct every week. December 11 2024 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2024/12/10/australias-extinction-tally-is-worse-than-we-thought /newsroom/news/list/2022/06/16/rare-kangaroo-island-dunnart-under-threat-from-feral-cats A study involving researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has found that feral cats are putting the critically endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart – a small, mouse-sized marsupial found only on Kangaroo Island – to the brink of extinction. June 17 2022 Lee Gaskin /newsroom/news/list/2022/06/16/rare-kangaroo-island-dunnart-under-threat-from-feral-cats /newsroom/news/list/2021/11/11/humans-hastened-the-extinction-of-the-woolly-mammoth New research shows that humans had a significant role in the extinction of woolly mammoths in Eurasia, occurring thousands of years later than previously thought. November 11 2021 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2021/11/11/humans-hastened-the-extinction-of-the-woolly-mammoth /newsroom/news/list/2021/02/23/dont-focus-on-genetic-diversity-to-save-our-species Scientists at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ have challenged the common assumption that genetic diversity of a species is a key indicator of extinction risk.  February 23 2021 Kelly Brown /newsroom/news/list/2021/02/23/dont-focus-on-genetic-diversity-to-save-our-species