‘Endearing and fascinating’ yellow-bellied glider faces ‘inexorable slide’ into extinction
09-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com

‘Endearing and fascinating’ yellow-bellied glider faces ‘inexorable slide’ into extinction

Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystemsExplore the series – Last chance: the extinction crisis being ignored this electionGet Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an emailAustralia’s most skilled aerial mammal, the yellow-bellied glider, is on an “inexorable slide” to extinction as global heat
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