More than 200 Australian birds are now threatened with extinction – and climate change is the biggest danger
- Written by: Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
ShutterstockUp to 216 Australian birds are now threatened – compared with 195 a decade ago – and climate change is now the main driver pushing threatened birds closer to extinction, landmark new research has found.
The Mukarrthippi grasswren is now Australia’s most threatened bird, down to as few as two or three pairs. But 23...
