The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

Researchers ran simulations to explore the ‘killing mechanisms’ that wiped out 75% of species

Australia is famous for its diverse and unique marsupials, and infamous for its world-leading rate of mammal extinctions.

NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe says ‘threatened native species are in danger of extinction’ after authorising aerial cull

Conservationists optimistic turning point reached in effort to prevent red-listed bird from extinction in Britain

Experts warn that if the virus reaches certain rare bird populations, "they are in threat of extinction"

Colossal Biosciences, which is behind bid to bring back Tasmanian tiger, teams up with Melbourne Zoo to save 15cm reptile

On the eighth day of the current intensification of hostilities between Israel and Hamas, I saw a tweet that said that there would be more uproar in the west if “2.2 million golden retrievers [were] being bombed to extinction in an inescapable cage” instead of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Extinction Rebellion protest at The Hague accuses Netanyahu of ‘war crimes’ and running an ‘apartheid regime’

Outside Brisbane court dozens of supporters waving Extinction Rebellion flags greet defendants with cheers and chants

The trial of 14 climate change activists accused of disrupting Queensland parliament by chanting slogans has been adjourned due to an argument over legislation.

We can estimate the chances of an extinction-sized asteroid hitting Earth by examining how many such space rocks have hit the Moon over its history.