Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced during Australia's devastating bushfires ... "When you think about nearly three billion native animals being in the path of the fires, it ...

The destruction can be traced back to a single culprit: the feral cat, which kills more than 1.5 billion native mammals, birds, reptiles, and frogs, as well as 1.1 billion invertebrates annually.

Introduced species have plagued Australia's native flora and fauna, including the antechinus. Pest animals typically have few natural predators or fatal diseases. This, coupled with high ...