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Dam project threatens living fossil

Lungfish face extinction, say environmentalists.

We are about to lose a key piece of our evolutionary history, warn biologists. They are campaigning to save the Australian lungfish, which they fear could be sent extinct by an enormous dam planned for southeastern Queensland.


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Posted by Helen Pearson on July 19, 2006 09:10 PM |

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