The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

The act is believed to have saved 99% of listed species from extinction, but rightwing lawmakers are chipping away at it

The path to getting a species declared extinct is longer than you might think. From Fall 2023 Fellow Paula Levihn-Coon.

Volcanic activity and climate change may have played a bigger role in dinosaur extinction than previously thought

Three-year pause in fishing is the only way to prevent disappearance, researchers say

Outdoor and feral cats can seriously harm native ecosystems. Here's how to fix it

Australian freshwater turtles support healthy wetlands and rivers. Yet one in three turtle species is threatened with extinction. And there is still much we don’t know about them.

A summer of wildfires across Canada sat alongside news of global deforestation, rapid loss of Antarctic ice mass and Swiss glacial ice depletion. Then in mid-October, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service delisted 21 species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction.

Roger Hallam said the aim of the September 2019 protest was to ‘close Heathrow for the foreseeable future’, the jury said.

Group promises more action against governing body’s controversial Shell sponsorship