The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

The wildfires that led to mass extinction: a warning from California's Ice Age history – podcast

In recent years, Californians have had to deal with some deadly and destructive wildfires. But in fact, this part of the western United States has been shaped by fire for millennia.

The Conversation · Nov 2, 2023

The billion-dollar salmon vacuum

Many endorse opening dams and letting fish coast the natural current as the best way to avoid extinction

Salon · Nov 2, 2023

Giraffes could go extinct – the 5 biggest threats they face

Giraffes are the world’s tallest mammals and an African icon, but they are also vulnerable to extinction.

The Conversation · Nov 1, 2023

Feral horses to be shot from the air at Kosciuszko national park as entire ecosystem ‘under threat’

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

The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2023

Hope endangered corncrake can be saved as numbers increase in Scotland

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

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2023

Bird flu hits Antarctica

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

Salon · Oct 24, 2023

Imagine more dragons: US biotech firm aims to breed tiny Australian lizard that is near extinction

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

The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2023

Israel-Hamas conflict: what young Palestinians think about four key issues that affect their lives

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.

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2023

Controversy over European climate activists’ criticism of Israel

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

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023

Case against 14 Queensland climate protesters adjourned as questions raised over validity of charges

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

The Guardian - AU · Oct 23, 2023