/newsroom/ en /newsroom/news/list/2024/12/10/australias-extinction-tally-is-worse-than-we-thought A new study estimates that more than 9000 insects and other native invertebrates have become extinct in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog since European arrival in 1788 and between 1–3 additional species become extinct every week. December 11 2024 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2024/12/10/australias-extinction-tally-is-worse-than-we-thought /newsroom/news/list/2022/06/16/rare-kangaroo-island-dunnart-under-threat-from-feral-cats A study involving researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has found that feral cats are putting the critically endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart – a small, mouse-sized marsupial found only on Kangaroo Island – to the brink of extinction. June 17 2022 Lee Gaskin /newsroom/news/list/2022/06/16/rare-kangaroo-island-dunnart-under-threat-from-feral-cats /newsroom/news/list/2021/11/11/humans-hastened-the-extinction-of-the-woolly-mammoth New research shows that humans had a significant role in the extinction of woolly mammoths in Eurasia, occurring thousands of years later than previously thought. November 11 2021 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2021/11/11/humans-hastened-the-extinction-of-the-woolly-mammoth /newsroom/news/list/2021/02/23/dont-focus-on-genetic-diversity-to-save-our-species Scientists at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide have challenged the common assumption that genetic diversity of a species is a key indicator of extinction risk.  February 23 2021 Kelly Brown /newsroom/news/list/2021/02/23/dont-focus-on-genetic-diversity-to-save-our-species