Road construction imperils tree kangaroo recovery in PNG

As recently as 1980, hunters in the forests of the Torricelli Mountains of northwestern Papua New Guinea could count on bagging at least a couple of tree kangaroos in a single outing. About twice the size of the average house cat, these arboreal marsupials (Dendrolagus spp.) are related to the better-known bounders of Australia and … Continue reading Road construction imperils tree kangaroo recovery in PNG