The endangered nabarlek, Australia's second-smallest rock-wallaby, was detected in a region where it had not been seen for 50 years.
Sources
- Smart News: Science News - Smithsonian Magazine (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://econews.com.au/tiny-endangered-wallaby-detected-on-mainland-dambeemangaddee-country-for-first-time-in-50-years/ (econews.com.au)
- https://www.australianwildlife.org/news-and-resources/press-release/awc-launches-100m-plan-with-matt-kean (australianwildlife.org)
- https://au.headtopics.com/news/nabarlek-wallaby-rediscovered-in-two-new-kimberley-locations-87283500 (au.headtopics.com)
More in Nature
- African forest elephants are listed as Critically Endangered.
- Peru's anchoveta, a fish about 14 centimeters long, supports one of the world's largest fisheries but can be decimated in population by warm El Niño waters.
- Between 10 and 12 million birds pass through the Wadden Sea annually on major migratory flyways.
- The immortal jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, can revert from adulthood back to its polyp stage when threatened by danger or starvation.
- Anemones are among the marine species found in the new Chilean marine reserve.
- Frogfish are among the marine species found in the new Chilean marine reserve.