Can Genetic Rescue Save This Critically Endangered Songbird?
Australian researchers at Monash University have teamed up with Zoos Victoria to save the Critically Endangered Helmeted Honeyeater from extinction. The Helmeted Honeyeater is a small black-and-yellow songbird that is endemic to Victoria and is one of four subspecies of the Yellow-Tufted Honeyeater. The habitat of the Helmeted Honeyeater has been extensively degraded due to …