The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

The latest update to IUCN red list has 1,300 species of fungi assessed with at least 411 at risk of extinction.

Deforestation, farming and climate-fuelled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on Earth, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned on Thursday.

Strict laws saved the country’s wolves from extinction. Now conservationists believe their relaxation could embolden vigilantes

Milnesium tardigradum is only 0.5mm long and has survived all five great extinction events – plus it’s cute

It was December 1991, and the cover of GW featured Friedman with a prototype Jackson that begged further investigation. Just where was his signature model? And what became of the Firebird-inspired design?

A potentially devastating disease has been found in one state's last healthy koala population, further endangering the species.

Two nearby explosive massive star deaths, or supernovas, may have triggered mass extinction events in Earth's distant past, new research suggests.

Aside from Big Ben and the beefeaters outside Buckingham Palace, there isn’t much that’s more iconically London than the black cab. As instantly recognisable to tourists on their first day in the city as they are to lifelong Londoners, our vehicles and the service we provide are part of the…

Labor will push the contentious bill through parliament next week despite concerns about the extinction of the Maugean skate

The ‘poo zoo’ might be the key to preserving genetic diversity

Some cells are still alive within the dung, and could be used to boost genetic diversity in certain species