WTF do we do about extinction?
We're awesome at sending things extinct. It's not awesome at all.
Dearest Particle reader,
Australia is a world leader in mammal extinction. We are absolute superstars at driving our native mammal populations to the point of no return. We’re also pretty good at killing our native plants, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects etc. etc. It’s utterly depressing.
There are so many different factors and reasons for the demise of our native animals. It’s important to acknowledge the damage that has happened and continues to happen, but it’s also important to remind ourselves of the good work that scientists and communities are doing to save our native species.
This newsy explores why animals are disappearing and what we can do to save them. Dig in!!
Let’s start with the depressing stuff.
A MASS GRAVE OF SEABIRDS
There’s serious concern for the future of North Western Australia’s seabird “Biodiversity Mecca.”
LIVING IN A ‘MASS EXTINCTION’
What does it mean to be living through Earth’s 6th mass extinction event? How does it feel to be living through one of the most calamitous events in this planet’s history? And what are we supposed to do?
THE MEGAFAUNA MYSTERY
Australia’s 40,000-year-old cold case.
UNPRECEDENTED MASS BLEACHING AT NYINGGULU
Ningaloo is in a state of emergency. We need to reckon with the climate crisis and act now.
THESE AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS MIGHT SOON BE GONE
A new study identifies bird and mammal species that could be extinct within the next 20 years.
DIGGING DEEPER: WA’S EXTINCTION CRISIS
Species loss isn’t a thing of the past – losing just one today could unravel an entire ecosystem.
Okay, okay — it’s good news from here on out!
OF WOOLLY MICE AND MAMMOTHS
Can geneticists bring the woolly mammoth back to life?
WHY WA HIT PAUSE ON DEMERSAL FISHING
The recent demersal fishing ban aims to replenish some of WA’s most iconic species.
GONDWANA LINK: RECONNECTING NATURE AND CULTURE
Southwestern Australia only has little scraps of natural habitat remaining. This is the story of the people sewing the landscape back together.
STRIVING TO SAVE WA’S RAREST BIRD
WA’s rarest bird is on the verge of extinction - but some volunteers are trying to save it.
REWILDING WIRRUWANA
A team of researchers and scientists are showing us how to turn back time; but not in the way you might think.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
As the wind sweeps across the Walpole Wilderness, researchers sink into the thick black mud of the peatlands.
This unassuming wetland locks away carbon, shelters rare species and has become a gathering place for researchers, land managers, Elders and citizen scientists.
That’s all from us… Goodbye for now!
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