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Rare Kangaroo Island dunnart under threat from feral cats

Posted on Jun 17 2022 by Lee Gaskin

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.

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Humans hastened the extinction of the woolly mammoth

Posted on Nov 11 2021 by Crispin Savage

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.

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Don’t focus on genetic diversity to save our species

Posted on Feb 23 2021 by Kelly Brown

Scientists at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ have challenged the common assumption that genetic diversity of a species is a key indicator of extinction risk. 

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