What can we learn from the Mallee Emu-wren's story?
Despite years of warnings from local researchers, the Southern Emu-wren likely went extinct in South Australia in 2014 after a fire swept through their last remaining habitat. Though populations of these wrens still exist in Victoria, this event (and similar events that continue to occur for many other species around Australia) represents a huge loss for this species. Outside of the research world we often don’t hear about local or regional extinctions of populations because