A long, long time ago, marsupials the size of small trucks, 2-meter-tall "thunder birds" and 5-meter-long venomous lizards roamed Australia. These animals—and more—were Australia's megafauna.
If Australia is losing one to three invertebrate species per week, the "zero extinctions" goal is pushed into a whole new realm of accountability. Unless we address this decline, that pledge of zero ...