Invertebrate of the year 2024: all hail Earth’s spineless heroes Highly diverse and charismatic, these creatures deserve recognition as a sixth great extinction dawns The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024
Whether environment laws can stop extinction examined The environment minister's work to reform biodiversity laws will be scrutinised as the Greens call for more action on protecting wildlife. AAP · Mar 28, 2024
New plans to protect bilbies from extinction Introduced predators such as foxes and feral cats will be targeted in programs designed to help save the bilby from extinction. AAP · Mar 28, 2024
Australia Battles To Save Last 11 Wild 'Earless Dragons' Australia's grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an enormous challenge in the years ahead: avoiding extinction. International Business Times · Mar 27, 2024
New forestry plan seeks to avoid koala free future A major summit focused on how to save koalas in NSW has been told a new road map is on the way for the forestry industry. AAP · Mar 21, 2024
Global heating, land clearing and the ‘extinction vortex’: the fight to save Australia’s koalas A century ago, the sheer volume of koalas meant they were hunted for fur in the hundreds of thousands; today a dwindling population faces threats from continued logging and heatwaves The Guardian - AU · Mar 21, 2024
Scientists find skull of enormous ancient dolphin in Amazon Fossil of giant river dolphin found in Peru, whose closest living relation is in South Asia, gives clues to future extinction threats The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2024
Eco-protesters lose legal fight to tell juries about the effects of climate change In blow for groups like Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion, eco-protesters can be blocked from talking about climate change effects during criminal damage trial, judges rule Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2024
Climate activists across Europe block access to North Sea oil infrastructure Blockades at facilities in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, with protests in Scotland and action expected in Denmark The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2024
Imperioli ejects activist during play Extinction Rebellion crashed "An Enemy of the People" on Broadway and Imperioli handled it like a Moltisanti Salon · Mar 15, 2024
Stonefly faces extinction after 'bad government call' An insect with a "remarkable" life expectancy faces extinction after officials rejected an application to further protect its habitat, conservationists say. AAP · Mar 12, 2024
Overfishing poses extinction risk for deep ocean sharks Deep ocean sharks and rays are vulnerable to extinction in Australian waters and around the world, say researchers who are calling for stronger protections. AAP · Mar 8, 2024
‘Outrageous and disgusting’: Greens MP condemns comparison of Queensland climate protests to US capitol riots Ethics committee clears Michael Berkman of inciting or encouraging Extinction Rebellion protest but labels his conduct ‘disgraceful’ The Guardian - AU · Mar 8, 2024
The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr; The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft – review Lost writers are at the heart of two novels that recall the late Roberto Bolaño in their language, wit, profundity and literary quests The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2024
AAP · Mar 4, 2024 Three charged after protest chaos on busy city bridge Protesters have been charged after climate group Extinction Rebellion used a hire truck to block traffic on a major Melbourne bridge.
The Hindu · Mar 3, 2024 Rare tree fights a losing battle in north Kerala Cycas circinalis, Eenthu Pana in Kerala, faces extinction due to a fast-spreading disease, requiring urgent research and action.
The Guardian - US · Mar 3, 2024 Inside the Frozen Zoo, where scientists put disappearing species on ice: ‘It’s banking hope’ At a San Diego laboratory, four women do the painstaking work of preserving cells amid a growing extinction crisis
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024 The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft review – eight translators lost in a forest The International Booker-winning translator takes a deep dive into the complexities of the role in her ambitious second novel
The Hindu · Mar 1, 2024 An excerpt from Sobhana K. Nair’s Ram Vilas Paswan — The Weathervane of Indian Politics: Crossing lines When faced with political extinction, Ram Vilas Paswan often used his ideological agnosticism to switch sides, says author Sobhana K. Nair in her book ‘Ram Vilas Paswan: The Weathervane of Indian Politics’
International Business Times · Feb 29, 2024 From Edge Of Extinction To Australia's Croc 'Paradise' If you want a snappy death, one expert's advice is to leap into a river near the Australian city of Darwin -- within minutes, you'll be in the jaws of one of the hundreds of crocodiles that stalk its murky waters.
The Canberra Times · Feb 22, 2024 Extinction rebellion protesters occupy senator's office Glued protesters chanted 'Katie, do something', 'do it now'.
Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2024 Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin review — the most important political book of the year The sheer velocity with which Keir Starmer has led the Labour Party from the brink of extinction to the brink of power is unprecedented in the modern era. And – just in time – this excellent biography arrives in what is all but certain to be an election year.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024 Climate activists smashed glass door of JP Morgan in London, court hears Five women targeted investment bank with hammers and chisels during Extinction Rebellion protest, jury told
AAP · Feb 16, 2024 Logging backflip 'won't save gliders from extinction' Scientists and conservation groups say a backflip by the NSW environmental watchdog will do little to shield greater gliders from the effects of logging.
Cycling Weekly · Feb 14, 2024 'Golf style' cycling clubs are risking extinction - and that would be disastrous for us all | Opinion The last thing we want is for the traditional clubs which underpin the sport of cycling in the UK to cease to be, writes Michelle Arthurs-Brennan