Did you know that NatureServe data play an important role in protecting species through the Endangered Species Act? NatureServe data provide an objective and unbiased scientific assessment of a species risk of extinction, this is an obvious first step in providing protection under the ESA.Article
Few people have heard of the species Melomy rubicola, otherwise known as the Bramble Cay melomys. It’s a rather nondescript rodent that is native to Australia. Or rather it should be said, ‘was.’
