Australia's bushfires could drive more than 700 animal species to extinction. Check the numbers for yourself
- Written by Mike Lee, Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
Invertebrates out greatly outnumber mammals everywhere, including in bushfire zones.Michael Lee, CC BY-NC-ND
The scale and speed of the current bushfire crisis has caught many people off-guard, including biodiversity scientists. People are scrambling to estimate the long-term effects. It is certain that many animal species will be pushed to the...