New ecosystems, unprecedented climates: more Australian species than ever are struggling to survive
Updated: 2024-02-21 01:52:56
Australia is home to about one in 12 of the world’s species of animals, birds, plants and insects – between 600,000 and 700,000 species. More than 80% of Australian plants and mammals and just under 50% of our birds are found nowhere else. But habitat destruction, climate change, and invasive species are wreaking havoc on Earth’s […]