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Scott Travers - Contributor

A biologist explores Pilbara — Over 3.6 billion years old and home to the world’s oldest lifeforms

Australia is home to an extraordinary share of Earth’s biodiversity. Of the 600,000 to 700,000 native species found across the continent and surrounding seas, around 85% of plant species and 50% of marsupials exist nowhere else on Earth.

  • By Scott Travers - Contributor

In 1859, 24 rabbits ‘colonised’ a new continent—a biologist tells the story

Australia’s invasive species battles are legendary, but none have been as swift and destructive as the European rabbit.

  • By Scott Travers - Contributor
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