The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

Giant Tortoises On This Remote Atoll Now Outnumber The Human Population Of Seychelles

The Aldabra giant tortoise, or simply giant tortoise, is one of the world’s largest tortoises. Historically, these tortoises lived on many western Indian Ocean islands, including Madagascar, and the fossil record shows that giant tortoises once lived on every continent and many islands except Antarctica. Many of these Indian Ocean…

Bored Panda · Oct 15

Why Frogs Are Vanishing From the Western Ghats and What Chytrid Fungus Is Doing to Them

A Biodiversity Hotspot Built on AmphibiansThe Western Ghats run for roughly 1,600 kilometres along India's western edge and hold more frog species per square kilometre than almost any other forest system on Earth. Of the approximately 180 amphibian species recorded there, around 65 percent exist nowhere else. Frogs are not…

Times Life · Oct 14

Our detection dogs are helping protect one of Australia’s most imperiled lizards

Many of the Australian animals most at risk of extinction are extremely tough to track down. That’s because they live in small pockets of disappearing nature, such as rare grasslands or ancient forests, in worryingly low numbers.

The Conversation · Oct 13

Africa’s rhinos often get the spotlight – but Indonesia’s two rhino species are far closer to extinction

Small, hairy and cheekily charismatic.

The Conversation · Oct 5

Frenchwoman buys elephants from abusive owners in Laos

Once known as "The Land of a Million Elephants", only an estimated 800 elephants remain in Laos, as deforestation and exploitation push the species closer than ever to the brink of extinction. Despite the dwindling numbers, a Frenchwoman has made it her mission to give ageing elephants a new home,…

France 24 · Oct 5

Whales survived brink of extinction in 19th and 20th centuries but then comes the biggest mystery yet to be solved

Carcasses have been washing ashore around the gulf city of Puerto Madryn, including near the central waterfront where they alarm residents and tourists.

The Economic Times · Oct 4

Artificial Intelligence Carries 99.9% Extinction Chance, University Safety Expert Warns

University of Louisville AI safety researcher Roman Yampolskiy has put the chance of AI-driven human extinction within a century at 99.9 per cent, far above other estimates.

International Business Times UK · Oct 2

Once-common marsupial inching close to extinction across Australia, scientists warn

Cane toad invasion blamed for most of the species decline

The Independent UK · Oct 1

AI ‘godfather’ Yann LeCun has ‘zero concerns’ about human extinction, says Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is ‘deluded’

The former Meta chief AI scientist shares his take on recent rogue AI incidents and effective altruism, as well as plans for his new company, AMI Labs.

Fortune · Oct 1

Project Tiger at Fifty: How India's Reserve Model Saved the Predator and Erased the Forest Dweller

The Count That Changed EverythingIn 1973, the All-India Tiger Census recorded fewer than 1,800 tigers across the country. The number was a shock, not because it was surprising to people who lived near forests, but because it was now official. Project Tiger launched that year under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi,…

Times Life · Sep 30