The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

It is time to evolve ideas to arrest the decline of languages and the world must at least try to find ways and means to preserve some of its endangered languages

A coalition of environmental groups is suing Utah's government for, in its view, failing to stop the Great Salt Lake from shrinking at an alarming pace

Thousands of emperor penguin chicks are thought to have died across Antarctica last year as a result of a “catastrophic breeding failure”.

Ice-age humans may have set fires that led to the extinction of large mammals across what is now Southern California.

Marine mammals – animals including whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, sea otters, dugongs and manatees – are threatened by an array of human activities. Species such as the North Atlantic right whale, Rice’s whale and Vaquita porpoise have been pushed to the brink of extinction.

The nascent group aims to push for more cycling infrastructure across the UK - starting in Bournemouth

The Deniliquin structure is 320 miles in diameter and may have triggered an event that killed 85 percent of Earth's species.

The "gardeners of the forest" are at extreme risk of extinction. Here's how we can help them

Over the past decade, deadly wildfires have become increasingly common because of both human-caused climate change and disruptive land management practices. Southern California, where the three of us live and work, has been hit especially hard.