The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

Thousands of protestors from across the UK marched through central London on Saturday to call for "urgent political action" on nature.

Conservationists hope insects carrying ‘birth control’ bacteria can save honeycreeper being wiped out by malaria

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The number of Iberian Lynxes has increased by nearly 2,000 since 2002, according to the latest census

A feeding trial by researchers from two Scottish universities is helping to save the Scottish capercaillie from extinction.

Neanderthals, the closest cousins of modern humans, lived in parts of Europe and Asia until their extinction some 30,000 years ago.

Labour takes a 25-point lead in the latest poll putting it on course for a 262-seat majority as Rishi Sunak finishes week four of the campaigns on a crushing low

An international team of scientists said Thursday that polar bears faced local extinction in Canada's Hudson Bay by mid-century if global warming exceeds limits set under the Paris climate accords.

A loss of trees and natural hollows is leading to a decline in the mammals that inhabit the spaces in northern Australia, sparking extinction fears.

Earth is facing a human-driven climate crisis, which demands a rapid transition to low-carbon energy sources such as wind and solar power. But we’re also living through a mass extinction event. Never before in human history have there been such high such rates of species loss and ecosystem collapse.

The Earth is losing animals, plants and other living things so fast that some scientists believe the planet is entering its sixth mass extinction. But there’s some surprising good news: Urban areas may be key to slowing down or even reversing this crisis.