IN JUNE 2016, scientists from the University of Queensland confirmed what had been feared for some time: the Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat was no more. This small rodent eked out a lonely existence on ...

THE BRAMBLE CAY melomys, or mosaic-tailed rat, is quite the most isolated of Australia’s mammals. It lives only on a small coral cay just 340m long and 150m wide that’s closer to PNG than the ...

Climate change might have one of its biggest casualties to date. A study published this month out of Australia reveals that the disappearance of the Bramble Cay melomys, a small rodent, from its ...

Australian government officials made it official this week: this little creature is extinct. A statement was released by federal Environment Minister Melissa Price, changing the government's status ...

The Bramble Cay melomys (Melomys rubicola) is also known as the Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat. It was Australia’s most isolated mammal, with a small population on Bramble Cay, a vegetated coral cay of ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Climate change has claimed its first ...

The Bramble Cay melomys, or mosaic-tailed rat, was a small rodent that could only be found in the Great Barrier Reef. Ten years ago, there were only 100 in existence. Today, scientists can find no ...

For the first time, a mammal has been driven extinct by human-caused climate change. The Australian government has declared a small rodent called the Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat as extinct. The ...

A tiny Australian rodent considered as the only endemic mammal species in the Great Barrier Reef may be the first documented victim of man-made climate change, a new report revealed. During extensive ...

For the first time in recorded history, the extinction of a mammalian species has been linked primarily to man-made climate change. The Bramble Cay melomys, a small rodent that lived only on an island ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American It’s official: Climate change has claimed its ...