Extinction means more than a loss of species to Australia's delicate ecosystems

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 10:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

European settlement of Australia, and the exotic predators and herbivores they brought with them, caused rapid widespread biodiversity loss. As a result, for the past 200 years Australia has had the highest mammal extinction rate in the world.

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