Extinction. When species go bye-bye forever, we usually blame things likeclimate change[气候变化],volcanic eruption[火山爆发]orasteroid impact[小行星撞击]. But forthe giant flightless birdsthat onceroamed[漫步;漫游;游荡;闲逛]the Au...
Since European colonisation of Australia in 1788, nine Australian bird species (1.2% of the Australian total) have become extinct, along with 22 subspecies (of 16 species). Consistent with global patterns, Australias island endemic birds have been particularly susceptible, comprising eight of the ...
It was native to Tasmania, New Guinea, and the Australian mainland. The thylacine was relatively shy and nocturnal, with the general appearance of a medium-to-large-size dog, except for its stiff tail and abdominal pouch similar to a kangaroo, and dark transverse stripes that...
Grounded birds were not as rareas they appear to be today. In fact, flightless owls, ibis, woodpeckers, finches and many more were a common part of the landscape. They were well and truly alive, but are now sadly gone. There was one bird that outlived them all. True to its name, t...
TheDodowas a flightless bird found on the island of Mauritius. Its scientific name isRaphus cucullatus. You might have heard about it, as it is often associated with the iconic phrase “dead as a dodo.” European sailors first discovered This species of bird in the late 16th century. The ...
That's until a couple of Australian fishermen happened to inadvertently scoop one up in their net in January 2015 [source: Chappell]. It's one of a few known modern encounters with the beast, at least by anyone who's lived to tell about it. 5: Stupendemys This drawing shows an ...
The Toolache wallaby (Macropus greyi), also referred to as the Grey’s wallaby, was a wallaby subspecies native to the Australian provinces of South Australia and Victoria. Extensive hunting was one of the prominent factors which led to the extinction of this species from the Australian continen...
The Australian Koala Foundation estimates that there areless than 100,000 Koalas leftin the wild, possibly as few as 43,000. Do animals go extinct naturally? The disappearance of species from Earth is ongoing, and rates have varied over time. A quarter of mammals is at risk of extinction,...
Sadly, theAustralian amphibianswere wiped out within a decade of being discovered in1973. But we have exciting news… by taking cells from gastric brooding frogsfrozen in labsyears ago, and inserting them into the eggs of today’s living frogs, scientists hope tobring this super species back ...
Some of the tiger's genes have already been successfully expressed in a mouse fetus after scientists inserted them into the mouse's genome.6The major project (funded through the Australian Museum) to clone the thylacine, ended after scientists failed to obtain enough DNA to create a DNA library...