Wildlife face 'Armageddon' as forests shrink

Friday, September 27, 2013 - 12:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Species living in rainforest fragments could be far more likely to disappear than was previously thought, says an international team of scientists. In a study spanning two decades, the researchers witnessed the near-complete extinction of native small mammals on forest islands created by a large hydroelectric reservoir in Thailand.

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