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Eels have fascinated us for ages - now we need to stop eating them

Few animals have sparked humanity’s curiosity as much as the eel (Anguilla anguilla). Until a recent past, this slimy, slippery, snake-shaped, incredibly agile fish inhabited virtually every body of water in Europe and Northern Africa, often in mind-blowing abundances. And nobody knew where they came from.

The Conversation

Extinction Rebellion spray London newspaper offices with green paint in climate coverage protest

Environmental group throws paint on newspaper office windows in climate coverage protest

Evening Standard

Species don't live in isolation: what changing threats to 4 marsupials tell us about the future

Conserving native wildlife is a challenging task and Australia’s unenviable extinction record shows us we urgently need more sophisticated and effective approaches.

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Half of the plants between Barrington and Hawkesbury facing extinction, report warns

Half of the plants found within a corridor stretching from the Barrington to Hawkesbury could be extinct within 50 years due to the impact of climate change, a new report warns.

Newcastle Herald

Extinct but not gone – the thylacine continues to fascinate us

Human life on Earth is utterly dependent on biodiversity but our activities are driving an increase in extinctions. Yet some extinct species continue to hold our fascination. New methods in genetics and reproductive biology hold the promise that de-extinction – resurrecting extinct species – could soon be possible.

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The little-known native Welsh sport that a village has brought back from the brink of extinction

Wales has produced wallball world champions in years gone by

Wales Online

Climate activists must target power structures, not the public

Letters: Dr Laura Thomas-Walters, Tim Williamson and Paul Chandler respond to Jack Shenker’s article which asked if the disruptive tactics of groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil are working

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Bridgerton’s Claudia Jessie on corsets, class and activism: ‘Eloise would be in Extinction Rebellion in 2023’

Ahead of her new ITVX show Bali 2002, the star talks to Maddy Mussen about acting her age and being papped holding a dog poo bag

Evening Standard

Nearly half of Brits are 'clueless' about which animal species are on brink of extinction

Over a third of adults admit they know 'little' to 'nothing' about the world's most endangered species - but seven in ten would like to learn more about wildlife endangerment

Daily Mirror

OPINION - London must face the extinction crisis on our streets

GK Chesterton once wrote a story about a man who broke into his own house like a burglar in order to recover a sense of its exotic desirability — the residence in question was somewhere like Tooting. Sir David Attenborough pulls off the same trick in his latest series, Wild…

Evening Standard

Orange-bellied parrot shows there's more to saving endangered species than captive breeding

Captive breeding of threatened species for release into the wild is an important conservation tool. But where threats to wild populations remain unresolved, this tool may not guarantee population recovery in the long term.

The Conversation

Extinction Rebellion set up 'crime scene' next to section of River Taff where sewage is dumped

The event was part of a week of UK action called Dirty Water, highlighting sewage and waste dumped in rivers and waterways

Wales Online

Fireproof Australia activist reflects on his crime

Alan Glover - actor, comedian, volunteer firefighter and activist - was unhappy with his sentencing outcome at the Downing Centre court in Sydney on Tuesday. Glover was given an 18-month good behaviour bond and he has to pay a $3000 fine for blocking a bridge or tunnel. He says he…

Newcastle Herald

Destruction of endangered native wildflowers sparks fears of extinction on Melbourne's doorstep amid population boom

A field of endangered native wildflowers is damaged after a truck drives through a protected field in Melbourne's outer west, sparking fears of extinction as the city's sprawling population growth threatens grassland ecosystems.

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Lenovo Teams Up with Aston Martin for New ThinkStations: Up to 120 Cores, 4 Graphics Cards

Lenovo has introduced its all-new ThinkStation machines designed for performance-hungry professionals. The new ThinkStation P-series lineup consists of four machines based on up to two Intel Sapphire Rapids processors and up to four Nvidia RTX-series professional graphics cards. One of the interesting wrinkles in Lenovo's announcement is that the chassis…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Save the harebell! It’s not just climate that’s in crisis

WHEN’S the last time you saw an eco-activist throw tomato soup at a painting in the Tate Gallery to make a point about meadowsweet? Or lie down in front of traffic to draw public attention to the plight of the harebell?

Chicago Sun-Times

Preserving wildlife and a way of life

Through an intersection of bipartisan interest and once-in-a-generation federal funding, we may finally have a chance to end the spiral toward extinction of salmon, orcas that feed on salmon and the cultures of tribal nations who consider the salmon their first food.

The Conversation

When is a nature reserve not a nature reserve? When it's already been burned and logged

Australia has the world’s worst mammal extinction record, with nearly 40 native mammal species lost since European colonisation. By contrast, the United States has lost three.

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Wales Online

The man who keep getting arrested at Extinction Rebellion protests in Wales

"I have been arrested eight or nine times"

Liverpool Echo

Activists who targeted S*n printing facility thank people of Liverpool

The group stopped thousands of The S*n newspapers being delivered

The National (Scotland)

Glen Affric set to host beavers for first time in 400 years

Beavers are set to be reintroduced to Glen Affric, 400 years after being driven to extinction.

Evening Standard

World Wildlife Day: UN celebration of animals and plants on 50th anniversary of CITES

The UN and CITES recently pledged to reduce the extinction rate tenfold.

The Guardian - UK

Florence and her cubs give hope that west African lion can come roaring back

National park in Senegal shows off three surprise new recruits in fight to save critically endangered species from extinction

The Conversation

Should we bring back the dodo? De-extinction is a feel-good story, but these high-tech replacements aren’t really ‘resurrecting’ species

It’s no secret that human activities have put many of this planet’s inhabitants in danger. Extinctions are happening at a dramatically faster rate than they have over the past tens of millions of years. An estimated quarter of all species on Earth are at risk of being lost, many within…

The Conversation

Wolf restoration in Colorado shows how humans are rethinking their relationships with wild animals

From sports to pop culture, there are few themes more appealing than a good comeback. They happen in nature, too. Even with the Earth losing species at a historic rate, some animals have defied the trend toward extinction and started refilling their old ecological niches.

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