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Deborah Bower, Associate Professor in Zoology and Ecology, University of New England

The plight of the pig-nosed turtle, one of the unlucky 13 added to Australia’s threatened species list

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Australia’s unique biodiversity is under siege. The national list of species threatened with extinction is growing, with eight animals and five plants added just last month.

Among them is the pig-nosed turtle, a peculiar creature found in catchments of the Northern Territory. Once teeming with life, these seasonal floodplains are now fragmented and degraded from land clearing, water extraction and feral animals.

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