Australia has hundreds of mammal species. We want to find them all – before they're gone
- Written by: Andrew M. Baker, Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Science, Queensland University of Technology
Life on Earth is undergoing a period of mass extinction – the sixth in history, and the first caused by humans. As species disappear at an alarming rate, we have learned that we understand only a fraction of Earth’s variety of life.
The task of describing this biodiversity before it is lost relies on the discipline of taxonomy, the...
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