Sentence examples for worst extinction from inspiring English sources

Australia has one of the worst extinction records in the world, losing 29 mammal species since European arrival on the continent.

Australia has one of the worst extinction rates for mammals in the industrialised world, with the Department of Environment currently listing 188 species as endangered or critically endangered.

According to Britain's Guardian newspaper, Australia has one of the worst extinction records in the world, losing about 29 native mammal species since the European arrival.

It's astonishing to consider that the lucky few — arthropods, snails, clams, jellyfish, worms and a few small four-legged creatures on land — that survived the worst extinction gave rise to everything that followed, including us.

The predecessors of dinosaurs rose from the ashes of Earth's worst extinction.

In part, this is what the press release contains: "Scientists have discovered why the 'broken world' following the worst extinction of all time lasted so long it was simply too hot to survive.

Australia has the world's worst mammal extinction rate, with 29 land mammals having become extinct over the last 200 years and over 50 facing extinction.

Australia has the worst mammal extinction rate in the world and the federal government lists 1700 species and ecological communities at risk of extinction.

Australia has one of the worst animal extinction rates in the world, particularly in terms of mammals, with 27 mammal species dying out in the past 200 years.

Australia has the worst mammal extinction record in the world, with animals such as bandicoots and poteroos wiped out in large areas of the country due to feral cats and other introduced pests.

The worst mass extinction of all time did far more than nearly denude the planet of life.