Mammals declining in Kakadu National Park

A CONFERENCE held in Alice Springs this week will hear that Australia's mammal populations are continuing to shrink, with serious consequences.

Australia's declining mammal populations are the canaries in the coal mine of an uncertain future.

AUSTRALIA'S declining mammal populations are the canaries in the coal mine of an uncertain future, a researcher says.

TWENTY-NINE Australian land mammals have become extinct over the past two centuries, with 56 currently facing extinction.