Pop science

Australian students in bid to save finches

SAVING THE BIRD OF THE YEAR.

A PRIMARY SCHOOL in Australia is breeding endangered finches – but although the program is bringing awareness to the birds’ plight, it won’t save them, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The southern subspecies of the black-throated finch, called Poephila cincta cincta, is native to northeast Australia. It is thought to be extinct in New South Wales, and only an estimated 1,000 are left in the wild in Queensland, according to the ABC.

But inside the classroom,