News Headline

Cities support a greater number of threatened species than non-urban areas

Source
Science Daily

Publication Date
2015-12-08

Earth is facing a catastrophic species extinction crisis. The dominant approach to conservation has been to focus on protecting pristine environments, but new research from Australia demonstrates that on average, urban environments contain disproportionately more threatened protected species in a given area than non-urban environments.

Content
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151207164339.htm