The 39 endangered species in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and other Australian cities
- Written by Kylie Soanes, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Melbourne
Threatened species live in cities and towns around Australia, including the critically endangered western swamp tortoise. Elia Purtle, AAP Image/Perth Zoo
The phrase “urban jungle” gets thrown around a lot, but we don’t usually think of cities as places where rare or threatened species live.
Our research, published today in Frontier...
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