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Cop15 is an opportunity to save nature. We can’t afford another decade of failure

Ahead of the UN biodiversity conference, our reporter reflects on lessons of hope and change in three years reporting with the Guardian’s age of extinction team

The Guardian - UK

What is the Capercaillie? The iconic Scottish bird 'at risk of extinction'

The striking Scottish bird is one of the most recognisable.

Daily Record

Capercaillie at risk of extinction as numbers plummet by 50 per cent

THE capercaillie is at real risk of extinction in the UK, with only 542 of the birds estimated to be left in Scotland, according to new data.

The National (Scotland)

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Capercaillie numbers are declining, increasing fears of possible extinction

There are now only 542 of the birds estimated to be left in Scotland following a recent survey

Wales Online

The wildlife sanctuary bringing rhinos back from the brink

Rhinos were poached to near extinction in Zimbabwe. Now a private wildlife park is re-introducing them to places they haven't trod in decades.

ABC News

Half of world’s bird species in decline as destruction of avian life intensifies

State of the World’s Birds report warns human actions and climate crisis putting 49% in decline, with one in eight bird species under threat of extinction

The Guardian - UK

World leaders pledge more support for nature ahead of UN summit

World leaders on Tuesday stepped up financial support and conservation commitments to combat the global biodiversity crisis that threatens more than one million plant and animal species with extinction.

Reuters

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Albania’s pelican colony was bouncing back. Now it faces the threat of a new airport

Dalmatian pelicans at Narta lagoon were saved from extinction but now the government is building an airport in Vlora’s protected landscape

The Guardian - UK

Dinosaurs 'already heading for extinction' when planet was hit by huge asteroid

Studies on hundreds of dinosaur egg fossils in China suggest there may have only been around three species left when they were wiped out by an asteroid

Daily Mirror

Dinosaurs were in decline even before extinction, study finds

The long-term decline in global dinosaur diversity may have resulted from climate fluctuations and massive volcanic eruptions,

The Hindu

Fossil eggs unearthed in China suggest dinosaurs were already in decline before asteroid impact

Researchers say there was low diversity of dinosaur species in central China for last 2 million years

The Independent UK

Crippling cost of living putting extra squeeze on Irish pubs with some facing extinction

'Reduced footfall, coupled with an unprecedented rise in energy costs after 22 months of Covid lockdown closures and restrictions, means we are almost certainly looking at the permanent closure of many more pubs'

Irish Mirror

Have to be realistic about losses; not easy to bring back animal from extinction: Cheetah expert

The cheetahs may have to be monitored for their entire life as they are the first ones on the ground.

The Hindu

India welcomes back cheetahs, 70 years after local extinction

Arrival of eight big cats coincides with the 72nd birthday of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Al Jazeera

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The Denver Post

Bug apocalypse? Inside a Colorado-based campaign to save insects from extinction — and avert ecological collapse.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. — At a high alpine lake here, researchers with clipboards and pens are conducting painstaking surveys that may be essential for saving butterflies and other insects from extinction.

WEKU

Tricolored bats could become endangered as a fungal disease decimates their population

White-nose syndrome is killing off many bat colonies across North America. The same disease is decimating the northern long-eared bat population, which is also on the brink of extinction.

The Independent UK

Fungal outbreak threatens tricolored bat with extinction

U.S. officials are proposing to list the tricolored bat as endangered

The Conversation

How you can help protect sharks – and what doesn't work

Sharks are some of the most ecologically important and most threatened animals on Earth. Recent reports show that up to one-third of all known species of sharks and their relatives, rays, are threatened with extinction. Unsustainable overfishing is the biggest threat by far.

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Salon

Another dam(n) extinction

A rare “orchid of the falls” plant has been declared extinct after a hydroelectric dam destroyed its only habitat

AAP

Fail grade for Australia on saving species

Efforts to halt the decline of Australia's threatened species are failing dismally, a new report card warns on National Threatened Species Day.

ABC News

Desperate race underway to save Cape York's golden-shouldered parrot from extinction

There are believed to be fewer than 1,500 golden-shouldered parrots left in a small parcel of Cape York in far north Queensland — the only place they are found in the world.

The Independent UK

Speaker hints at tightening of Commons security after Extinction Rebellion protest

XR activists booked on an official tour of the building on Friday and superglued themselves in a chain around the Speaker’s chair.

The Conversation

'Impressive rafting skills': the 8-million-year old origin story of how rodents colonised Australia

A single, pregnant rodent floating on driftwood across the treacherous waters between Asia and New Guinea 8.5 million years ago may be behind the eventual colonisation of native rodents in Australia, our new research suggests.

Al Jazeera

Extinction Rebellion protesters superglue selves at UK parliament

Climate change activists padlock themselves to gates outside parliament, saying ‘we cannot afford to go on like this’.

The National (Scotland)

Climate change protesters 'superglued around House of Commons speaker's chair'

CLIMATE change activists have superglued themselves around the Speaker’s chair in the House of Commons.

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