The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

Climate change driving species such as snow pearlwort higher up the mountains

Dr Gail Bradbrook, a co-founder of the group, attacked a window of the Department for Transport while protesting against HS2, court hears

Just look at the numbers: despite interest rate hikes and a slash in venture capital, new business creation is going strong

AI really might pose a risk of causing "human extinction" — because the military might let it launch nukes

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The oceans remain vast and inscrutable. While technology has revolutionized our capacity to track threats to biodiversity on land, our understanding of the status of marine biodiversity remains fragmented and biased toward economically high-valued species.

Australia's largest shorebird is being pushed further towards the brink of extinction by people using drones, a study suggests.

In the 2023 American post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us, humans are plunged towards extinction as a fungal infection of the brain zombie-fies most of the species. This may seem far-fetched but fungi can, and do, infect human brains.

Native giraffes are once again roaming a national park in Angola, decades after they were driven to extinction in the country, most likely by its long-running civil war. Fourteen young giraffes were transported to Iona National Park from a game reserve in Namibia last week. Some Angolan giraffes, which are a subspecies…

Research finds that wing size and color influence butterflies' ability to cope with rising temperatures

Bones from the two ancient predatory species were found in the La Brea tar pits in what is now West Hollywood and showed signs of bone disease not normally seen in wild animals.