Australia just lost another native mammal marking our 39th extinction

Learn about the extinction crisis facing Australia and the plight of extinct endangered animals, including the Christmas ...

And then there were none: Australia's only shrew declared extinct

It's official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of ...

Australian island sound that will never be heard again after mistake: 'Could have done better'

There’s a high-pitched sound that once echoed across an Australian tropical island that will never be heard again. As the Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura) began to decline in numbers, first ...