Australia is home to some of the strangest creatures on Earth, and Aboriginal people have coexisted with them for millennia. But now, the country is experiencing an unprecedented mammal extinction rate. So what’s different? We look at the changes brought upon by settlers to Australia, and consider the importance of indigenous knowledge to the survival of the country’s most iconic wildlife.
Up Next in Season 1
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Tortoise
Will the slow and steady tortoise outlive the human race? For over 200 million years tortoises have evolved and adapted to their environment. Some have the ability to store up to 40% of their body weight in water, and others can live for a year without drinking or eating. Unfortunately, these sur...
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Caribou
Caribou are essential to the livelihoods and identity of indigenous communities. But this species is on the decline as the result of a changing climate, logging, and mining. Habitat loss disrupts their migratory routes, placing caribou calves in greater danger from predation. First Nations in Can...
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American Buffalo
For hundreds of years, American buffalo have been an important part of the spiritual and cultural lives of indigenous peoples, and a vital component of the Great Plains ecosystem which extends from Canada to Texas. But when settlers learned how Native Americans depended on the buffalo for surviva...
