The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

Wildlife authorities and conservationists in Cyprus are releasing seven imported griffon vultures into the wild after implanting tracking devices, in hopes of ensuring the survival of the birds that are threatened with extinction on the island nation

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Supercomputer climate models suggest all mammals could be wiped out as temperatures reach 40C to 70C in the future

University of Bristol predicts inhospitable supercontinent with temperatures up to 70 degrees Celsius

Extreme temperatures, radiation and collapse of food supply created by merging of continents would cause mass extinction

Sixty-six million years ago, the Cretaceous period ended. Dinosaurs disappeared, along with around 90% of all species on Earth. The patterns and causes of this extinction have been debated since palaeontology began. Was it a slow, inevitable decline, or did the end come quickly, driven by a sudden, unpredictable disaster?

Steven Spielberg executive produces new series, which dramatises five global extinction events

THE future of traditional single-width Harris Tweed weaving is under threat with some weavers worried it’s at risk of extinction.

An estimated 1 in 3 firefly species are endangered thanks to light pollution, habitat loss and pesticides