I know people who are amazing naturalists and communicators. When I hear these people talk or write about animals and plants it’s truly fascinating. But I’m not a research scientist. I don’t see myself as a naturalist, or even as someone who communicates interesting tidbits about the natural world particularly well. This is perhaps the main reason why along the journey I have not been posting much information about the 1900+ threatened species for which I am trying to raise f

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